I disagree. There is a difference between ethics and legality - what is morally right is not always the same as what is legally right...
Having said that, I concede the point. You're completely right - if I'm agreeing to the conditions for distribution on the Google Play market then it's undeniably wrong to try to bypass those conditions, whether it's based on morality or legality or whatever. Upon further reading, my understanding of the terms <http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html>are that if you make any money through your app (with the exception of out-of-band goods or services), and you distribute that app through Google Play, you must use an "approved Payment Processor" to collect those moneys. I've struggled to find a good definition of an "approved Payment Processor" apart from any party "authorized by Google<http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html>". I suppose you can make the assumption that Google Wallet is the only payment processor that has been "authorized by Google" so I guess it's clear enough. You may be able to argue the language - e.g. if you offer Wallet as well as an alternative, you are "offer[ing] an authorized Payment Processor as the payment option" per the conditions, but it's probably not worth the trouble. Thanks for your comments. On Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:25:26 UTC+10, MagouyaWare wrote: > > I don't know if Amazon has an API for in-app purchases, as I've never done > in-app purchasing. However, the point was that when I distribute to > different markets I create different builds of the same app for that > purpose. I would assume there is something that Amazon would let you do to > achieve the same thing, but I don't know for sure. I believe PayPal has an > API I believe for in-app purchases... Amazon might let you use that. > > As for ethics, when you agree to distribute apps on the Android Market, or > rather the Google Play thingie, you agree to certain terms of use. > Breaches of that would be, by definition, unethical. Whether you actually > get in trouble for it by Google is a separate and completely irrelevant > issue. > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Damovisa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, maybe there's not... I thought I saw someone mentioning it... >> >> >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>> one >>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>> >>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>> one >>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>> >>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>> one >>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>> >>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>> one >>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>> >>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>> one >>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>> >>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/2iAqGi1CPBkJ. >> >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/cjirwKSXpRcJ. 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.
