I admit I haven't logged into my developer console in a few days, but when
I did this morning I saw a message that there are new guidelines to agree
to and that existing apps not in compliance might be removed 30 days hence
(less than 30 since I missed a few days). Part of the new agreement says
the following [my emphasis in red]:
- *In-app purchases:*
-
- *Developers offering virtual goods* or currencies* within a game
downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing
service <http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/index.html>as
the method of payment.
*
- Developers offering additional content, services or functionality
within another category of app downloaded from Google Play must use
Google
Play's in-app billing
service<http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/index.html>as the
method of payment, except:
- where payment is primarily for physical goods or services (e.g.
buying movie tickets, or buying a publication where the price also
includes
a hard copy subscription); or
- where payment is for digital content or goods that may be
consumed outside of the application itself (e.g. buying songs that can
be
played on other music players).
One approach to interpreting this would be to try to nit-pick it apart (to
debate the meaning of "*virtual good*" for instance, but another approach
is to simply ask the larger question: Can we no longer use MobFox or any
other non-Google in-app payment system (in a game, perhaps other apps, but
not in a game for whatever reason)? I have a game on Google Play that
uses in-app purchases to sell various "upgrades" or "additional
capabilities" (sort of extra-life like things) within the game. Is Google
going to remove my app three weeks from now if I don't complete gut all the
MobFox payments from it or am I misunderstanding these new guidelines?
...or, alternatively, does "*virtual good*" refer to something very
specific, not just app upgrades but actual "pretend items" of some nebulous
definition (like magic swords or stuff like that, which my game doesn't
have anything like anyway), such that the *mere presence of MobFox* in an
app won't necessarily be grounds for summary removal by Google.
I'm quite confused about this.
Thanks.
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