Apologies for the formatting on those posts. On Jul 7, 12:03 pm, "Michael A." <[email protected]> wrote: > My "answers" based on what I've gathered from the mailing lists/forums > over > the past 6 months + my reading of the DDA. > > On Jul 6, 8:51 am, Chister Nordvik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, if we only could get Google to confirm this... > > > Spotify - free in the market, but you have to be a subscriber to use > > to program. OK > > Apparently. "Naturally" subscription based apps (whatever that means) > seem to be an exception to the DDA. > > > Program A - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > > to be a registered user on a website which charges you monthly through > > a credit card. OK? > > OK, as long as you do not advertise the premium content or the website > in > the app. > > > Program B - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > > to buy access with PayPal in your application. OK? > > Not OK. > > > Program C - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > > to buy access with a credit card in your application. OK? > > Not OK. > > > I can understand that Google wants to prevent developers pushing out > > free apps that will only prompt for a credit card/PayPal account to be > > able to use, but if some of the features are free then maybe it's > > allowed? > > By my reading of the terms, generally not. My reading of the terms > essentially > means that the Android Market is useless if you want to sell products > without > using Google Checkout (either because you don't want to or - like me - > can't). > > Think of it this way - any time your payment scheme tries to use the > Android > market for marketing purposes while avoiding using Google Checkout > (and > thereby "cheating" Google of their 30%), you are most likely in > violation of the > developer distribution agreement for the Android market. Makes sense, > doesn't it? > > Regards, > > Michael A.
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