Google permanently bans popular application from Play for not using IAP

Post by Nilzor » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:41 AM UTC

ishansharma wrote: post #13

josteink wrote: post #4

TLDR: 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…

The main problem with Google is their lack of customer care. I had my Adsense account rejected a few years back for no reason (there was no bad activity) and when I appealed, their response was the same "We have reviewed your appeal and can't do anything about it."

Post by higherpurpose » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:45 AM UTC

napoleoncomplex wrote: post #12

I know Google's policy on this, but I completely understand where the developer is coming from. Google has been taking a collective shit on every developer out of its list of seller countries[0], which is ridiculously short and hasn't been expanded in god knows how long, and even then, there were only a handful of countries added. On Google's page about seller countries they say: "We're working hard to add more count…

Post by ishansharma » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:46 AM UTC

alkonaut wrote: post #16

I feel it's an obvious problem that apps that allow IAP are listed as free. Has google or apple fixed this yet? When browsing for apps there you may see a top app being free and another costing $1. You pick the "free" one and it turns out it is useless without an IAP whereas the $1 app perhaps would not. It turns out the free app costs $2 in order to function as well as the $1 app. The consumer friendly thing to do w…

Post by joelthelion » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:48 AM UTC

ytch wrote: post #10

higherpurpose wrote: post #6

While 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.

Post by vetinari » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:50 AM UTC

lucaspiller wrote: post #17

The relevant part of the Developer Distribution Agreement appears to be 3.3: "Such free trials for Products are encouraged. However, if you want to collect fees after the free trial expires, you must collect all fees for the full version of the Product through the Payment Processor on the Market." http://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreemen...