I'm pretty sure it's the joys of various legal systems. There are some regions where it's illegal to sell certain types of content, content supporting certain ideas, or allow certain comments to be made in public (e.g. "incitement to racial hatred" is a criminal offence in the UK so Google needs a way of removing racist comments, anything showing Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany, etc.). Also various regions have various laws in relation to selling stuff which also need to be complied with (e.g. In the UK goods have to be "Of reasonable quality and fit for purpose" otherwise the customer is legally entitled to a refund).
The only other theory for the slow roll-out I've heard is that it's for testing purposes, but given the number of problems with downloads stalling and copy protection that still exist I don't give that idea much weight. I find it amusing/annoying that Google are spending time and effort slowly rolling out the market to various regions, but don't support showing the customers prices in their native currency. To me it shows a lack of understanding of business to consumer sales. Al. Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > Thanks for the update Al. > > Sidenote: > > I don't understand this whole region specific paid app thingy. If a > company/developer are not able to sell apps worldwide online, then > what use is the platform? > > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > According to Rory Cellan-Jones from the BBC who is currently at a > T-Mobile dev forum it looks like paid apps on Market will start being > rolled out in the UK tomorrow. > > Al. > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
