And you're ignoring the fact that not all cards work with Googles Checkout. For example all Maestro cards are not accepted by checkout;
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/checkout-merchants/thread?tid=0c67063b46ef7819&hl=en In several countries this means users would have to obtain credit cards which, for many reasons, may not be possible. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try 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. On 2 Oct 2009, at 14:17, lbcoder wrote: > > And as I have stated in other threads, getting a credit card number > for use in an online transaction is trivial, regardless of your > location in the world. > > On Oct 1, 11:42 pm, JoaJP <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Oct 1, 12:06 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 1) The Android Market is available only in countries with lower >> piracy >> rates (with the exception of India). >> >> That means in order to get access to paid apps in countries that are >> not covered, they have to rely on cracked apps. I.e. it compounds the >> problem. >> Another issue is the reliance on credit cards as the only method of >> payment. There's plenty of places out there where VISA/MC type >> transactions are the exception, not the norm. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
