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The developer agreement indicates that only authorized payment processors can be used. AFAIK, Google Checkout is the only Authorized Payment Processor. Good th
by jen_h 15y ago
The developer agreement indicates that only authorized payment processors can be used. AFAIK, Google Checkout is the only Authorized Payment Processor.
Good thing for the GOOG, too, because reliability and support is often so bad as to be comical (you'd have to cry if you didn't laugh--there is a reason that this comment is top-voted right now: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3031478 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3031478). I think a good many developers would jump ship to something else in an instant were it available.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoOh, I know from following `koush` (RomManager, DeskSMS) on Twitter that Google's payment processing is a bit miserable. He's posted more than one screenshot of mass verification failures. I'm looking at the Dev Agreement and I don't see the parallel verbiage to Apple's "Apps utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app will be rejected". I can think of a fairly significant list of applications that have unlocks via PayPal or other methods other than Google's in app payment that ties into the Market. edit: It appears to be in Section 3.3 of the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement: "All fees received by Developers for Products distributed via the Market must be processed by the Market's Payment Processor." I wonder if they're simply not enforcing it... Lame Google...
- SomeCallMeTim 15y agoActually, the clause you quote (and the restriction I mention) only applies to free apps. They certainly DON'T enforce the policy very often. Of course they'd need an army to enforce ALL of their policies. I doubt there are many apps on the market that adhere religiously to all the policies, and most have lots of obvious violations.