I guess we're just going to have to see how things play out, but for now things are what they are.
Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. 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 10 Mar 2010, at 13:54, westmeadboy wrote: > On Mar 10, 2:43 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> And how would you enforce the restrictions which are needed to meet legal >> and tax regulations? You can't use device geolocation because government >> tax agencies are interested in where the purchaser lives, not where they are >> when they make the purchase, which, if a SIM is present, you can use the >> country of origin of the SIM to make a decent guess of the purchasers >> residency. > > I think a better guess of where a purchaser lives is the address on > their Google Checkout account. > >> How would you deal with all the users 'phoning up saying "Hey, I'm on >> holiday in Latvia, and I went to buy a guide book from the Android Market, >> but all the paid apps have gone!!!"? > > That's the problem! With this solution, it doesn't matter where the > user is or what sim card they are using. It just works because its > tied to the Market app (the thing which you are charged through!). > >> How would you stop carriers blocking access to Android market from anything >> other than Android devices they've sold? > > If carriers want to block access to the Android Market (which they > really shouldn't be doing) then they just block it like they would > anything else (i.e. check the request going over their network). > >> LIke it or not, carriers hold the trump card when it comes to 'phones, and >> that's the fact that they control your data connection most of the time, and >> if they can leverage that they will. > > I don't like it and I believe it doesn't have to be this way. > >> That said everything changes when you start talking tablets, but for now, >> the carriers have Google by the juniper berries. > > Ouch! > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
