That's a good point, but I could see the advantage of Android's built-in Google Checkout and refund system being too convenient to turn down, rather than building one's own payment gateway for inside your app.
That said, hopefully Google will introduce an in-app pay system down the road, like Apple just announced for iPhone 3.0. There's also nothing stopping a 3rd party doing it, and by my memory at least one has, but the name slips my mind. -- Eric On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:57 PM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Eric: > Yes it is the seller's fault and I'll tell you why; > In order for this media crap to be sold correctly, the SINGLE PROGRAM > that they post should ITSELF provide the facility to buy/download/ > install said media, which should be stored either on the sdcard or > within the private data space for that application. > > > On Mar 23, 12:41 am, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey, calm down. It's not the seller's fault that Google only gave them >> the choice of Applications, or Games. Neither is a good fit. >> >> -- Eric >> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > You know, it actually seems quite inappropriate and exceedingly RUDE >> > to be selling that type of content in the APPLICATIONS market. Media/ >> > books/other data != applications. It would be very nice if that crap >> > wouldn't be polluting the market. There is no reason that these things >> > should be marketed as applications. If you want to sell books, give >> > away or sell a READER APPLICATION that provides access to a >> > SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. Sell or give away ONE reader application that >> > can subscribe to or buy MANY books/comics/whatever. >> >> > Note that this would also solve YOUR problem with refunds since YOUR >> > service is subject to YOUR TERMS. >> >> > On Mar 22, 10:36 pm, "[email protected]" >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the answers. >> >> >> On Mar 22, 6:03 pm, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > On Mar 22, 10:44 pm, "[email protected]" >> >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Why are there refunds allowed onbooks(whether they are digital comic >> >> > >booksor motion comicbooksor any other regularbooks)? This does not >> >> > > seem fair since it can be downloaded, read and then refunded and yet >> >> > > they still get to keep it and re-read it as many times as they want. >> >> >> > When a buyer uses therefundbutton the app is automatically >> >> > uninstalled from the phone. >> >> >> > -- >> >> > Jon > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
