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Let me get this straight. If i happen to purchase an app on goggle play and say I'm using my home wifi to install it since I value my bandwidth their still gett
by Fuxy 13y ago
Let me get this straight. If i happen to purchase an app on goggle play and say I'm using my home wifi to install it since I value my bandwidth their still getting 25%?
I get goggle making money but a carrier who doesn't do jack making money? In what world does that make sense?
- DominikR 13y agoIt's not about bandwidth used, it's about the billing service (charging via the customers carrier contract) 25% is a low rate for that, carriers usually charge 40-60% of the total amount, which seems totally insane to me considering that a carrier has much lower fraud risks than some web service because they usually have established billing relationships with they customers. Edit: Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_payment#Direct_operator_billing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_payment#Direct_operator_...
- Fuxy 13y agoOh, that's really expensive. I guess it's ok for small amounts though but for large amounts 25% is way overkill. Credit/Debit cards incur a fixed charge of say (max) £1.50 so that would mean that if you're paying more than £6 you're better off with the card.