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Hero MemberActivity: 868Merit: 1000 Re: dumb question - I can't get an answer from either Apple or Google March 22, 2013, 01:31:33 AM #8 Quote from: the founder on March 22, 2013, 12:04:30 AM The TOS of both Apple's App Store and Google's Play both say that if I collect revenue from an app, I have to use Google or Apples in App Purchase System. Which I have zero problem doing, however I don't want USD, I want bitcoins. Apple nor Google accept Bitcoins as payment.



Would I be violating their rules if I took Bitcoins though the app?



I am just wondering.



Haha - just do it - but don't make the bitcoin stuff visible until the app has been running for say a week on the users phone, that way the verifier that will accept your app, won't stop it at the first roadblock. Then just wait.... till someone finds out and you get booted off from selling any apps. But the collections of bitcoins, they can't take. Haha. And I doubt they will do legal action against you, they'll just boot you off. Let us know how it goes. It most certainly is against their TOS, all things trying to avoid TOS at a site will be punished if discovered. Haha - just do it - but don't make the bitcoin stuff visible until the app has been running for say a week on the users phone, that way the verifier that will accept your app, won't stop it at the first roadblock. Then just wait.... till someone finds out and you get booted off from selling any apps. But the collections of bitcoins, they can't take. Haha. And I doubt they will do legal action against you, they'll just boot you off. Let us know how it goes. It most certainly is against their TOS, all things trying to avoid TOS at a site will be punished if discovered.

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LegendaryActivity: 1526Merit: 1008 Re: dumb question - I can't get an answer from either Apple or Google March 22, 2013, 09:23:31 AM #13 Apps are not pro-actively reviewed on the Play Store and the Bitcoin Wallet app actually lets you tip the author directly from inside it. The main reason for the rule is consistency - it makes Android feel slicker and more integrated if you don't have to constantly sign up for 20 different payment systems that are all basically the same but different.



The best thing to do is just try it. If somehow your app gets taken down for not using the in-app payments system, and if I'm still working at Google, I'll go to bat for you. I doubt Bitcoin-accepting apps are going to fragment the marketplace any time soon.

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Full MemberActivity: 218Merit: 100 Re: dumb question - I can't get an answer from either Apple or Google April 18, 2013, 10:23:01 PM #19 Quote from: Mike Hearn on March 22, 2013, 09:23:31 AM Apps are not pro-actively reviewed on the Play Store and the Bitcoin Wallet app actually lets you tip the author directly from inside it. The main reason for the rule is consistency - it makes Android feel slicker and more integrated if you don't have to constantly sign up for 20 different payment systems that are all basically the same but different.



The best thing to do is just try it. If somehow your app gets taken down for not using the in-app payments system, and if I'm still working at Google, I'll go to bat for you. I doubt Bitcoin-accepting apps are going to fragment the marketplace any time soon.



Mike, this is good to hear. I've been holding back on doing a Bitcoin-accepting app for Android simply because I thought it had little chance to get it on Play. I may go forward now, with the understanding that it's still a risky undertaking but that there's at least a fighting chance. Mike, this is good to hear. I've been holding back on doing a Bitcoin-accepting app for Android simply because I thought it had little chance to get it on Play. I may go forward now, with the understanding that it's still a risky undertaking but that there's at least a fighting chance. 4096R/F5EA0017