And as you've been told before getting credit card info which can be used on Google checkout isn't trivial for everyone (13 year olds in India for example).
Face up to it lb, on this one you're just wrong, buying through Market isn't easy for everyone. 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 5 Oct 2009, at 14:29, lbcoder wrote: > > If you're not willing to pay for the app, then use the free ones. > If you really want it, do what it takes to buy it. > Users do NOT need a google checkout account. They just need to shove > in their credit card info. That is ALL. > > On Oct 2, 6:54 pm, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trivial, really? >> I don't know how to do that... >> >> I just googled it to see how you can do it and it requires too many >> steps. I can't imagine doing this on my phone. >> >> It is a huge barrier to many users. >> >> Users already need to create a Google Check-out account and forcing >> many of them to apply for (pre-paid) credit cards is not gonna >> happen... at least not for many of them. >> >> More payment options in Google Checkout are necessary; Debit cards, >> pay-pal, etc. Whatever makes most sense in the particular country in >> which the customer is living. >> >> On Oct 2, 2:23 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You don't need a physical piece of plastic to have a compatible >>> credit >>> card! You can buy a temporary credit card NUMBER and precharge it >>> with >>> a certain amount of money! >> >>> As I said, TRIVIAL. >> >>> On Oct 2, 10:43 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM, lbcoder <[email protected]> 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. >> >>>> lbcoder, how many countries have you lived in? That statement is >>>> utter bollocks. >> >>>> I've not been able to buy paid apps from Android Market ever since >>>> Google Checkout decided to drop Maestro. I rely on AndAppStore and >>>> contacting the app developers directly to get my paid apps, and I >>>> suspect I'm in the small minority of people in my position who >>>> don't >>>> download pirated copies instead. >> >>>> I am not prepared to deal with over-charge costs, charge off >>>> blacklisting, late payment charges, loaded exchange rate fees, or >>>> even >>>> the sheer volume of targeted advertising spam from these credit >>>> card >>>> companies, just for a few £2 utilities/games on my phone.- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
