I have a free app on the Market. With paid support finally arriving, I want to be able to charge for my app. I have readied a new version that includes new features. Can I publish this as a version 2.0 and charge for it including to existing users?
http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=138412&topic=15867 says: Please keep in mind, that in accordance with section 3.3 in the Developer Distribution Agreement, any users who installed the free version of your application are entitled to upgrades of that free version for no extra charge. However The Distribution Agreement 3.3 says: You may not collect future charges from users for copies of the Products that those users were initially allowed to download for free. This is not intended to prevent distribution of free trial versions of the Product with an “upsell” option to obtain the full version of the Product: Such free trials for Products are encouraged. ----- If I release an upgrade that has new features, that is not "copies of the Product that users initially downloaded". It is not a copy, it is a new changed version. I should be able to charge for a version that has new features. But Google seems to want to disallow that citing 3.3 which doesn't disallow it in my view. Can I charge existing users for upgrades to a version with new features? How do you other developers view this and what are you planning on doing? Jay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
