On Feb 17, 6:09 pm, "David McLaughlin (Android Advocate)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You may not add a price to an existing app; instead, you will need to
> upload a new application version and add a price to that. Section 3.3
> states that people who download a free app can not be charged at a
> later date for what they have already downloaded. For example, they
> can't be charged an ongoing subscription fee for additional content.
To me this contradicts the following:
" 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. "
Where, "obtain the full version" could be just getting a registration
key that unlocks more features. I will however create a new version
despite the insanity of making customers download applications more
than once. They will still need to purchase a registration key each
year from Google if they downloaded the application from Google
otherwise they will revert back to Trial Mode. This clearly meets the
requirements. Since when did "obtain" == download.
> However, the user can be redirected back to the market to download a
> "full" version (this would be considered a different version) for a
> price.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On Feb 17, 12:12 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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=1...
> > 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
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