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landovr

landovr

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What is the danger in downloading apps from sites other than the market. Getting paid apps for free from other sites.
 
Almost every security virus, Trojan, and security breach that has happened came from "free" paid apps of 3rd party sites. So not only is possibly illegal, ill-moral, but it is also one of the stupidest things you can do. J_Droid23, it is not necessary illegal.
 
Thanks for the replies, I don't want to do anything illegal and I do want to support the developers but I also don't believe in using credit cards which are required to purchase all the paid apps so i have no way to purchase them. Why won't the android market sell pre paid cards to buy apps like the itunes store does. This would give access to all the paid apps for people who don't have credit cards and put more money in the pockets of the developers.
 
You can get prepaid, reloadable cards from Visa and probably other credit card issuers. No reason that I know of that you couldn't use one of those.
 
sprint has just introduced a new program.. i sort of read it.

get apps.. and they charge it to your monthly bill.
 
I just bought a pre paid visa card and the store won't let me use it.. All it says is your credit card has been declined.

I am not with sprint and i am also in canada so I can't buy anything from the amazon app store because it is only for people in the United States.
 
landovr said:
I just bought a pre paid visa card and the store won't let me use it.. All it says is your credit card has been declined.

I am not with sprint and i am also in canada so I can't buy anything from the amazon app store because it is only for people in the United States.
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I have successfully used a prepaid visa online with other sites. What you may need to do is go the card issuers website and set a name and address for the card. Hope this helps you.
 
This is the one thing that I am very upset with google there is no flexibility in payment. I have never needed something that much off of the android market or wanted it but I do refrain from putting my credit card into these kind of things. Since last time when I lost my iphone some prick abused it and downloaded 50 apps worth 20 bucks. It was a pain in the ass to get back my money and to tell Paypall off so I do not want this to happen again period.
 
I think the problem is not the type of card but the fact that you're using a non-US address (Sorry I didn't notice that before). I've never dealt with the problem personally, but I've heard of people finding ways around it...

If that's the problem, using a debit card won't help. Developers selling apps from their own websites might be willing to accept the card you already have, though.
 
evillincoln said:
I have successfully used a prepaid visa online with other sites. What you may need to do is go the card issuers website and set a name and address for the card. Hope this helps you.
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10,000 Internets to you sir. I registered the prepaid card and now my purchase went through...I now have a legal copy of the game i wanted and i don't have to worry about anything bad coming with it.
 
alextop30 said:
This is the one thing that I am very upset with google there is no flexibility in payment. I have never needed something that much off of the android market or wanted it but I do refrain from putting my credit card into these kind of things. Since last time when I lost my iphone some prick abused it and downloaded 50 apps worth 20 bucks. It was a pain in the ass to get back my money and to tell Paypall off so I do not want this to happen again period.
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Lock screens and passwords are your friend.
 
Let's hold on a second.

This person wasn't talking about pirated apps. For all we know, it might be something like the amazon store, which is currently doing deals where all kinds of paid apps are free. This is NOT the android marketplace, but it is perfectly legal.

There are also plenty of .apks that devs decide not to put on the store. So long as the dev is the one providing it, this is also perfectly legal. there is a bit more risk involved in that you don't necessarily know the permissions the app needs before install, it hasn't been reviewed, etc.

People are so quick to jump to the assumptions of piracy. This may be a legitimate question about legitimate apps coming from a source other than the marketplace.
 
If you download Amazon's free app of the day (they offer one for free every day), you're downloading a normally paid app, for free, from a source other than the Android Market. It's perfectly legal, ethical and safe. Something like that is fine. If you find something like "Free Full QuickOffice from JimiezWarez", then you're not only cheating the developer, you're exposing yourself to identity theft, fraud, viruses, and other bad things.
 
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