According to the Distimo report, Android Market has 57% free apps compared to iPhone at 28%. So I don't think Android Market terms are slowing growth of total apps but rather just making Android developers poorer than they would otherwise be: developers just give up and release their app for free.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/05/distimo-june-2010/ On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Denis Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > So, essentially, you can't use it? > > What would be an allowed use of PayPal's library according to the > Market's TOS? > > I live in a country where Google doesn't allow me to sell apps on the > Market. I was thinking of using PayPal's solution as an alternative so > the user could do an in-app upgrade from a demo version. If that's not > allowed then maybe I shoudn't be developing for Android. I wonder how > many developers have given up on writing apps because of this. If the > number of apps in the Android Market is growing fast now, imagine how > it could be if Google actually used their global presence to support > developers everywhere. > > On Jul 5, 7:01 pm, moneytoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > It depends on what you want to charge the user for. > > > > From 3.3: All fees received by Developers for Products distributed via > > the Market must be processed by the Market’s Payment Processor. > > > > Definition ofroducts: Software, content and digital materials created > > for Devices in accordance with the Android SDK and distributed via the > > Market. > > > > On Jul 5, 6:03 pm, Kai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Paypal recently released a mobile payment library for android. > > > see news athttp:// > www.intomobile.com/2010/05/22/paypals-mobile-payments-library-... > > > > > I recalled that the android market TOS doesn't allow non-google > > > checkout payment solution. > > > > > has TOS been changed to allow paypal integration?? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ http://twitter.com/zappandroid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
