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| Dead Trigger for Android free due to high piracy rates |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-07-23 12:57:06 |
| Without giving any detailed information, Madfinger Games announced that because the piracy rates of their game Dead Trigger were so high on Android, they made the game available for free. This sucks balls. I'm interested in more detailed statistics, especially where, exactly, the piracy rate is highest, considering you can only get paid Google Play applications in 31 countries, and then, often only with a credit card (which many people outside of the US don't have and/or use). It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if those piracy rates mostly come from places without paid applications support and/or with lousy payment options. In any case, Google needs to get its act together with the Play Store. |
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| What about kids? |
| By dsmogor on 2012-07-23 13:13:57 |
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who don't have credit cards anyway (US or else). I guess they are most frequent consumers of games given low price could easily pay for them without parents permission. For countries with low credit card penetration, carrier based payment is in fact the only remaining option. |
 - Score: 3 |
| How about company owners? |
| By dsmogor on 2012-07-23 13:16:03 |
| Who would like to get a proper receipt/invoice for tax deduction purposes. Lack of thereof makes Google Play a no go for any kind of professional purchases. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: How about company owners? |
| By avgalen on 2012-07-23 13:23:45 |
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The article is about a 99 cent game. The store is called Google Play. What makes you think this has anything to do with "company owners" |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: What about kids? |
| By smashIt on 2012-07-23 13:58:32 |
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> who don't have credit cards anyway (US or else). I live in austria, and out of all my friends and relatives only 2 have a credit card even amazon had to implement aditional payment-methods here |
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| RE[2]: What about kids? |
| By voidlogic on 2012-07-23 14:04:02 |
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Are you going to tell us how you pay for things? What are the alternate payment options? I have always considered a CC the currency of the 21st century... I don't personally know anyone who does not have one. |
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| RE[3]: What about kids? |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-07-23 14:10:04 |
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We use debit cards for everything. Credit cards are a rarity, and almost exclusively used for travel. Our entire payment system is built around debit cards - both in real stores and online. My Google Play/App Store/WP Marketplace accounts use my parents' credit card. They have one for travel. It's my only option. For many of my friends who don't have credit cards or parents with a card, they're out of luck. |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE[4]: What about kids? |
| By _txf_ on 2012-07-23 14:15:04 |
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I don't use my credit cards a lot. But I do have them. You are aware you can just ask your bank for one ? |
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| RE[4]: What about kids? |
| By voidlogic on 2012-07-23 14:19:10 |
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My debit card works anywhere my credit card works online... is this not the case with European debit cards? I wasn't even considering debit and credit cards to be different in terms of this discussion... |
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| RE[2]: How about company owners? |
| By dsmogor on 2012-07-23 14:20:08 |
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Play or not, there a lot of $50 pro apps in there. Apparently developers disagree with you. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[5]: What about kids? |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-07-23 14:23:52 |
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> is this not the case with European debit cards? Nope. They are two entirely different things, and not interchangeable. Play wants a credit card, not a debit card. |
| - Score: 2 |
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