Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App Store Fee

Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by zerr on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:31AM (#20490595)

As a side note, there are tons of countries, including in Europe, which are not supported as merchant countries in Play Store - i.e. devs are only allowed to publish free apps.

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by Jabbles on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:56AM (#20490646)

Which countries do you mean?

According to this: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

These countries do not support merchant accounts: Antigua and Barbuda Angola Aruba Barbados Benin Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Cote d'Ivoire El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Gabon Georgia Gibraltar Greenland Liechtenstein Mali Monaco Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Netherlands Antilles Rwanda San Marino Senegal Serbia Seychelles Tajikistan Togo Turkmenistan Vatican City

Some of those are in Europe, but which in particular were you concerned about?

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by zerr on Sunday July 21, 2019 @06:08AM (#20490671)

> but which in particular were you concerned about?

How does it matter? Are you or do you know someone at Alphabet who is able to help? :)

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by Jabbles on Sunday July 21, 2019 @06:37AM (#20490736)

No, I just want you to justify "tons of countries", by pointing out some that are important to you that Google doesn't serve.

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by zamazingo on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:53AM (#20490951)

You just listed 30+ countries and regions yourself and proved parent's point.

I'm sure they weight a ton or more when combined.

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by jmccaf on Sunday July 21, 2019 @12:46PM (#20492195)

_Alot_ of those in the list are known for "offshore" financial shenanigans where a company might be domiciled there, only for legal/tax purposes.

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by stereographic on Monday July 22, 2019 @09:10AM (#20497637)

Ah yes, the "offshore" hive of villainy known as "The Netherlands" and worse yet "Greenland"... It's not even green!

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by votepaunchy on Saturday July 27, 2019 @04:18AM (#20541008)

It’s the “Netherlands Antilles” not the Netherlands. Also, it split in 2010 [1]. The US played Curaçao, formerly of the Netherlands Antilles, in this year’s Gold Cup.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles

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