04-23-2012, 02:40 PM | #16 |
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Maybe if Google made it easier to pay for content from the Play Store, more people would be buying stuff. Both Apple and Amazon allow you to purchase apps, etc. using gift cards (although I think Amazon still requires that you have a credit card associated with your account). The freemium model works better when kids are able to buy gift cards on their own (e.g. from Walgreens, Target, Walmart, etc) and not need to ask permission to use mom and dad's credit cards.
With Google, you can only pay via credit card (supposedly, with carrier billing, too but that didn't work for my prepaid Android). While plastic may be prevalent in the US, it's not so much in other countries. What I especially find annoying about the Google Play Store is purchasing content generates all these little $0.99~1.99 charges which always trigger a call from my bank's fraud prevention department. Last edited by ilovejedd; 04-23-2012 at 02:43 PM. |
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I don't see much difference between the tablets in this respect. Quote:
This may be true of the Fire, which appears to be sold at a low cost with the idea of making additional profit on sales. It is demonstrably not true of the iPad, where content exists to promote sales of the hardware, with iTunes itself making little money. |
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04-24-2012, 01:07 AM | #18 | |
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More than happy with that is out there for free. Especially for my purposes. |
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