Racking up daddy's phone bill can already be done by calling and - especially - texting excessive amounts of hours/messges. Or by downloading a buying ring-tones, wall-papers and the like.
If this is a concern, a cap on the amount of apps that can be bought could be set, depending on plan or something. Using the phone-bill as a billing method is not new: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/31/cellmania-gives-carriers-their-own-android-marketplaces/ I don't say it is all easy to do and void of any concerns or problems. But i think it is still an idea to be serioulsy considered. On Apr 1, 3:00 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely not. That is a terrible idea. It is also sick in a > bloodsucking cell phone provider tricking kids into racking up a big > phone bill for daddy sort of way. Forcing the use of a credit card is > a way of making sure that 1) the person who is downloading the app is > also responsible financially for the purchase, 2) the person who is > downloading the app has thought it through and is not just buying on a > whim. > > On top of that, the cell phone provider has NOTHING to do with the > software market, so this idea simply doesn't work. > > On Apr 1, 1:07 pm, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For the reasons I've stated (along with the debit payment issues on > > the market) I believe it should be lobbied and further investigated :) > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For reasons already stated I would vote against charging their phone bill. > > > > On Apr 1, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Reading through some of the posts here, it seems that the Android > > > Market could be much more successful when more payment options for > > > customers are added to the Android Market. > > > > Especially the option for customers to *pay through their cell-phone > > > bills*. I think this would take away a big hurdle for customer to buy > > > an app (no credit card needed; the customer already has a financial > > > relationship with his/her cell-phone service provider) and could > > > increase sales on the android market. > > > > What would be the best place (online forum/e-mail/etc.) to make a > > > compelling case for this? > > > > Let me know what you all think :-) > > > -- Anton Spaans.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
