The rule is not new. Here's a copy of the Android developer agreement from 2008: http://web.archive.org/web/20081219010834/http://www.android.com/us/developer-

The rule is not new. Here's a copy of the Android developer agreement from 2008: http://web.archive.org/web/20081219010834/http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html http://web.archive.org/web/20081219010834/http://www.android... Take a look at the definition of "Payment Processor" and section 3.3. That's the same rule we're talking about today. The effort put into enforcement may have changed, but the rule itself hasn't.