I'm interested in knowing whether the TOS for Android Market allows for a freely-downloadable application to be distributed on the Market, with a means of charging the customer (via Google Checkout, PayPal, etc.) for access to "premium" features (which would also be available external to Android applications). The Content Policy at http://www.android.com/market/terms/developer-content-policy.html says:
Developers may offer free applications as access points to paid services for which customers have registered and provided payment information. This should not be used as an alternative means to the Android Market Payment Processor to collect payment for usage of applications. This is essentially what I'm thinking of, a free application acting as an access point for a service for which the user has already paid. It sounds like I'm OK there. What I don't know is, is it OK for an application to provide the user with an means of signing up for a paid service from within the application (via a URL link or similar) if they haven't already signed up? In any case, the app would provide a reasonable level of functionality without requiring the user to pay anything, so this definitely is NOT a case of a "free" application trapping the user into paying for something they were led to believe was free. I'd be interested in knowing what anyone thinks about this, and also any insights into other groups I might pose this question in if this one is not appropriate. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
