To beat a dead horse... :-) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethical?s=t *Ethical: *being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice
Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Damovisa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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<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? 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