Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
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Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#2Upvote. Sadly seems like the only chance this guy has.
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#3There go my idea for profitability out of the window.
I am from Brazil, here the only way to pay for Google play stuff is with international credit card, that is quite uncommon here, the result is that here in Brazil I have the highest downloads, but still one of the last places in gross income, the conversion ratio is terrible because people don't figure how to pay. With Google forcing devs to use its billing system, mean the situation is unfixable :(
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#4TLDR: Application banned for not using a Google-blessed payment option which Google has not enabled for the country in which the developer actually lives.
In that case I guess the only other option is going completely free? How many developers will be willing to accept that position?
Do Google really think they can create a thriving ecosystem and market if they start throwing around inconsistent and conflicting rules and enforcement around apps?
Yes, inconsistent enforcement sort of worked for Apple, but they at least had a coherent platform. The things they required developers to use were actually available to the them.
Google asking developers to use things they wont enable for them is just a symbol of how Google has grown to such a size that the left hand no longer knows what the right hand is doing.
This is like watching Microsoft all over again.
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#5Don't be evil guys , Google is watching you .
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#6While Apple wouldn't even accept it in the first place if they used Paypal instead of their IAP.
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#7TLDR: Application banned for not using a Google-blessed payment option which Google has not enabled for the country in which the developer actually lives. In that case I guess the only other option is going completely free? How many developers will be willing to accept that position? Do Google really think they can create a thriving ecosystem and market if they start throwing around inconsistent and conflicting rules…
"This is like watching Microsoft all over again."
Doing what, specifically?
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#8While Apple wouldn't even accept it in the first place if they used Paypal instead of their IAP.
Isn't that better than working for three years and then getting app removed?
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#9There go my idea for profitability out of the window. I am from Brazil, here the only way to pay for Google play stuff is with international credit card, that is quite uncommon here, the result is that here in Brazil I have the highest downloads, but still one of the last places in gross income, the conversion ratio is terrible because people don't figure how to pay. With Google forcing devs to use its billing system…
I am from India and credit cards are still not that mainstream here. And it is same situation. Everyone has a debit card but Apple and Google both refuse to accept them for their stores (last time I checked, same with Windows Phone, though Microsoft at least accepts them for Windows, Office and Skydrive stuff!)
Re: Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP
#10While Apple wouldn't even accept it in the first place if they used Paypal instead of their IAP.
But Google usually uses "Android is more open then Apple" as a slogan to attract people, while Apple doesn't says they are open.