@Tre, Yah, I don't know if it's possible to do a mass email to all your downloaders.. that would be nice, but I would guess that google/market protect end users from that potential for various reasons.
As for downloading an app that is free, then it changed to paid.. I would hope that the free app they have has a version tied to it.. and when changed to paid, a newer version is applied.. and given how much storage google already has I can't imagine they cant keep a simple "history" of the various app changes. Maybe they don't, but it wouldn't be difficult to put together a table that can store app history info... thus use it for the market to determine if a user already downloaded the app for free and from then on gets free updates. In my mind, if the app was $4.99, then drops to .99, then goes back up.. it's still a "paid" app. But if you have an app for .99, then want to give it free for a short time, then charge again, the developer gets screwed because of a rather easy to implement issue of the market, and their odd rule that if an app is free, it stays that way forever. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:14 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Nik Bhattacharya < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Not very intuitive from the developer console (there should atleast be a >> warning that the developers get >> when going from paid to free). >> > > There's a lot that website *should* do, if we run under the assumption that > the people behind it are capable of building a website and employing common > sense. > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Kevin Duffey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I fail to understand why you can't go back to paid.. it's all automatic, >> no human intervention. Is there any explanation as to why Google chose this >> path? > > > My assumption: when you update a paid app, the Market verifies you actually > paid for it. If you downloaded an app for free, then it changed to paid, > this would fail and users would have to pay for previously free app, which > is a no-no according to the terms. > > >> Mass email by developer to those that downloaded originals? > > > Is that even possible? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
