Not sure about any digital-downloads side of the amazon store, but mp3 store has been an exception from the very beginning, back when there were -no- paid downloads for android.
Movie tickets are physical items, the agreement seems focused on digital items. (And fandango movie tickets don't alter/enhance the fandango app in any way, any more than buying a grill off amazon does :) ..) I'm failing the search test (because the question comes up -way- more than the answer) but IIRC a google/android employee was the first to suggest the unlockable-apps method. (As an aside, there are even examples that -directly- violate it, without any sort of special agreements. Take a look at pixelpipe - the free, working app was initially outright replaced with a paid app, then they undid that and released an app that just says "buy the full version". Both moves are directly against that agreement, but google didn't care..) On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected] > wrote: > I wonder how Amazon.com (Music Store/MP3 Store) interprets these rules/ > contract...? > > You can download music from Amazon.com on your Android phone without > going through Android Market for each song/album purchase. > > You can buy movie tickeds from the Fandango application. Movie tickets > are not charged through Android Market. > > And there are more of such examples. > > I think it's more of a protection for users of Android phones who > download apps from the Market. > E.g. what a developer can't do is putting up an application for free > and then charge the user some other way so that he/she can actually > use the application. > > It looks like store fronts are fine (like Amazon, Fandango). > Putting up a (free) app then charging an (additional) fee just to be > able to use the app at all is not OK. > > Note, this is just my interpretation of it all. I'm NOT a lawyer. > > > > On Mar 17, 3:06 pm, Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have still not seen an acceptable solution for in-app purchasing, > > and I was hoping for an official response from Google. > > > > This has been discussed in other threads, but there is still no good > > solution. > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > > Collecting a fee to unlock functionality or to buy virtual items is > > not a technical problem. It is straightforward. > > > > However, the Market Agreement severely limits developers' ability to > > collect such a fee. It says all fees collected for the app must go > > through the Market payment processor. > > > > http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html > > > > Buying another app from the Market seems the only clearly acceptable > > solution. But that is not ideal. It perverts the definition of an > > "app" and causes problems because of the refund policy. > > > > Google, how are developers supposed to handle this situation? Or is > > your intention that we simply not do this? > > > > While lawyers may quarrel over the actual document, what is your > > intent as it pertains to buying virtual items? For example, charging > > $1 real money for 10 in-game gold? > > > > What if only the front end of the game is distributed on the market, > > and the features of the front end (the app) do not change with > > additional fees? This may be splitting hairs but that's what happens > > with legal documents, I suppose. > > > > So what is the intention of the Market Agreement here? Did you intend > > to prevent buying virtual items or not? > > > > I would appreciate some clarification so I can proceed knowing the > > spirit of the law, so to speak. > > > > Thank you > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
