I think it's a fair argument to say that one is locked into Mozilla today with our receipt protocol. However, we've designed it from the ground up to work in a

I think it's a fair argument to say that one is locked into Mozilla today with our receipt protocol. However, we've designed it from the ground up to work in a decentralized manner so that other marketplaces can participate. This is the exact opposite of iOS (and to an extend, Android) where the business model relies on some premise that the customer will be locked into the platform at the minute she makes a purchase. The point of this article was to start getting others to help us make it work for them. There is a chicken/egg problem so someone has to start somewhere. Compare this to Chrome OS; they have not made an effort at creating a decentralized receipt format. To validate a paid app your only option is to talk to Google's web service. https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/docs/check_for_payment https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/docs/check_fo...