On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < [email protected]> wrote:
AFAIK direct collection of any revenue (besides ads which are indirect) > outside the market payment system is against the terms. This part of that TOS section: "You may not collect future charges from users for copies of the Products that those users were initially allowed to download for free". To me that pretty clearly prohibits you from charging for whatever you initially gave the user for free. Is does not seem to, in any way, prohibit one for charging for EXTRA features / functionality. Seems to prohibit any sort of payment collection for free products. > String already mentioned Pandora. Slacker Radio is another example. They offer a free app with basic features, which are also available on their website. If you want, you can subscribe to "premium" features. You can do this on their site or directly through the app. If you do it through the app, the subscription fee is tacked on to your phone bill. Additionally, Slacker is frequently in the "Featured List", as is Pandora. So in these two cases you have FREE apps that have limited features, with more "premium" features / content / functionality available if you pay for it. Therefore, either A) subscriptions are OK or B) these two high-profile, extremely popular, often-featured-by-Google-themselves apps are violating the terms and simply lucky thus far and will one day, without notice be pulled. I would have to go with A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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.
