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hello i was wondering if google would ban my credit card if i keep making new gmail accounts to buy apps/games and returning em. to play. and what not. i wana try it out but i dont want them to ban me and yeah.
hiroots said:
hello i was wondering if google would ban my credit card if i keep making new gmail accounts to buy apps/games and returning em. to play. and what not. i wana try it out but i dont want them to ban me and yeah.
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Is there some sort of limit on how many times you can buy apps and return them on one gmail account?
Yes, Once per app (only in first 24 hours)
hiroots said:
hello i was wondering if google would ban my credit card if i keep making new gmail accounts to buy apps/games and returning em. to play. and what not. i wana try it out but i dont want them to ban me and yeah.
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Honestly, I don't think there is....but why do that? Just buy the app. Support the devs.
ximonx said:
Yes, Once per app (only in first 24 hours)
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So what is the original poster trying to say xsnipuhx, you maybe understanding something I'm not? He wants to keep creating gmail accounts so he can buy and app/game, play it/DL it, return it within 24hrs, switch gmail accounts, reDL the app/play the game, and keep repeating with hundreds of gmail accounts?
If this is the case, I think the MODS might have a problem with this... They don't care so much about the conning of google, but they probably care about the exploitation of the forum to try to figure out how to con google. Am I wrong?
thats what i was sayin. but lol not to that extent. to where it expires and so forth. just like make a new acct. to try the new version that came out a month after u bought it. but yeah i have 5 paid apps that i like.
mybackup pro
bluetooth transfer
and emus.
i will never abuse the system like that.
DirectMatrix said:
So what is the original poster trying to say xsnipuhx, you maybe understanding something I'm not? He wants to keep creating gmail accounts so he can buy and app/game, play it/DL it, return it within 24hrs, switch gmail accounts, reDL the app/play the game, and keep repeating with hundreds of gmail accounts?
If this is the case, I think the MODS might have a problem with this... They don't care so much about the conning of google, but they probably care about the exploitation of the forum to try to figure out how to con google. Am I wrong?
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Yes, that's what I took it as. Just buy the apps. $.99 isn't gonna hurt anyone, besides google takes 1/3 of it anyways...
hiroots said:
thats what i was sayin. but lol not to that extent. to where it expires and so forth. just like make a new acct. to try the new version that came out a month after u bought it. but yeah i have 5 paid apps that i like.
mybackup pro
bluetooth transfer
and emus.
i will never abuse the system like that.
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So it sounds like you already stole the apps that you are talking about. If you buy em, pull em, and return em yea you have the app but you can't get updates. So now that there are updates on them you want to steal again. If you weren't trying to abuse the system then you would be able to get the updates. Not that I care that you do this but don't play us like we stupid. I will never abuse the system like that
shady stuff [MODS PLEASE READ]
@ hiroots (OP)
Whatever your doing sounds pretty shady because if you bought these 5 apps legitimately, you would be getting the updates. It sounds to me as though you bought apps, pulled the .apk's for them to your PC, returned the apps to get your money back and now want to get the newest version with a new gmail account so no one thinks the wiser?
A piece of advice: Threads have been trashed at the very mention of pulling private .apk's never mind your virtual confession of doing it. Pulling .apk's that aren't yours to pull and distribute (eg. free apps vs paid apps) is HIGHLY frowned upon on this, and many other forums. We are a community that helps each other out which includes paying a little for the privilege of having access to future updates.
You can pull all the .apk's you want, just don't post about it and ask of us, the community that respects each other's hard work and dedication, to help you circumvent problems you might come across.
I would like this thread trashed and deleted. Is anyone else on board?
DirectMatrix said:
@ hiroots (OP)
Whatever your doing sounds pretty shady because if you bought these 5 apps legitimately, you would be getting the updates. It sounds to me as though you bought apps, pulled the .apk's for them to your PC, returned the apps to get your money back and now want to get the newest version with a new gmail account so no one thinks the wiser?
A piece of advice: Threads have been trashed at the very mention of pulling private .apk's never mind your virtual confession of doing it. Pulling .apk's that aren't yours to pull and distribute (eg. free apps vs paid apps) is HIGHLY frowned upon on this, and many other forums. We are a community that helps each other out which includes paying a little for the privilege of having access to future updates.
You can pull all the .apk's you want, just don't post about it and ask of us, the community that respects each other's hard work and dedication, to help you circumvent problems you might come across.
I would like this thread trashed and deleted. Is anyone else on board?
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Yep. All ABOARD
androidplayground (link removed to comply with forum rules, google and take the first result, it's the ****hole in question)
This actually disgusts me.
I won't lie, I'm pro-piracy, and don't mind sites that host apps for free download, but profiting off someone else's work is frankly, sickening.
They do have a contact page, why not let them know how much you appreciate your hard work being stolen?
Looks pretty shady anyway, I'd much rather use the Android Market.
I agree. Charging people do get software you stole is worse than stealing it in the first place IMO.
I feel like I just took a trip back to a 1997 Geocities website
this is pretty much a site that leads to warez and shouldnt be posted. i am just saying.
brian_v3ntura said:
this is pretty much a site that leads to warez and shouldnt be posted. i am just saying.
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And changed.
It's being hosted by hostedsolutions, their contact info is here:
http://www.hostedsolutions.com/contact/
I'm sure they'd like to know what's on their servers.
Wow that's ballsy.
They even link back to the xda forums for formatting and rooting info.
And Dev's they are taking paypal payments. File a complaint with Paypal too.
They used a privacy company to hide who they are.
And then they used Tucows address as their domain registration address?
The whois phone number rings to a looped recording telling you to go to the privacy companies website. Which does not seem to work.
To bad these A$$munchs didn't also make the stupid Android7 Flash Player. We could have killed 2 birds with one stone.
If the site ever starts 'offering' SetCPU, I will do whatever is in my legal power to take them down. I can't do anything about those Chinese or Russian websites, but if it's hosted in the USA, they're going down.
ThrashWolf said:
This actually disgusts me.
I won't lie, I'm pro-piracy, and don't mind sites that host apps for free download, but profiting off someone else's work is frankly, sickening.
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Piracy is piracy. Don't think somehow a for-free piracy distribution site is any more justified than a paid one. If anything, for-free distribution sites hurt developers more than paid sites: which one do you think attracts more pirates? (Note: Don't somehow come to the twisted conclusion that I support piracy of any kind; I don't.)
The difference between the two jashsu is that there is a large contingent of the "try before you buy" type of pirates out there. They'll get a warez version of an app, and if they like it, they'll often uninstall it and pay for the market version. However, if they pay for it through a third party website, the original developer never sees that profit.
Thats not to say I support piracy, because I dont. I fully believe that people should be compensated for hard work. I'm more than willing to pay for an app up front, and if it sucks, the dev will find out by reading the refund notice when i uninstall it within 24 hours.
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The difference between the two jashsu is that there is a large contingent of the "try before you buy" type of pirates out there.
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Please show me some numbers. To get the ball rolling, i'll post a link.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...-more-serious-than-first-though-on-iphone.ars
"The numbers that developers might find most interesting are the ones that show "conversion rates" from "lite" versions to full. Only one out of every 14 average users tends to purchase the paid version of an app after using the lite version, which is just under 7.5 percent. For pirates, the conversion rate is less than half a percent, or one out of every 233."
I download apps. If I like 'em, I pay for them. I'll usually go for a "lite" version if one exists. Anyway, rather than have this thread derailed into a debate about piracy, can we get back to the topic at hand?
I've notified the host, lets see if that does anything.
Sigh. Nothing like a little bit of piracy to set a forum on fire. Doesn't matter what forum you're visiting, could be a forum for food - and the first mention of piracy is bound to bring up what I like to call the forum nazis. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and no amount of gestapo trolling will change that. I find it interesting that people break various laws of various countries / cities / states daily and of course, it's overlooked. Someone makes mention of piracy and all of a sudden you've got the ePolice regime banging on your every post as if it were going to change something. What's my point? None, really. (But there again, there's also no point in bashing piracy, it's not going to make it any less existent.)
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Someone makes mention of piracy and all of a sudden you've got the ePolice regime banging on your every post as if it were going to change something.
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I hope you don't think that I assumed my post would change ThrashWolf's perception on piracy. I was merely pointing out how humorously sad this statement is:
This actually disgusts me.
I won't lie, I'm pro-piracy, and don't mind sites that host apps for free download, but profiting off someone else's work is frankly, sickening.
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I mean.. maybe i'm the only one who finds that just a bit hypocritical? I would have been completely okay if he/she just said "hey dudes, theres a paid piracy site, lets get it shut down" or "I like piracy". But to go and say "I am a pirate, but these other pirates disgust me".. idk.. maybe it's just me, but that's just ridiculous.
Then again what do I know?
Also they spam the android market with there links so make sure if you see it report it as spam.
Doesn't anyone pay for their apps anymore ...
I'll admit it, I pirate apps too, but only to either try it or if I have no other way to even purchase the application.
The thing is, being a high-schooler, I have a cheap, prepaid credit card that only allows transactions in USD. Many apps aren't available in the Market in currency other than Euros or Pounds so I have no other choice to use the apps than to pirate them.
This kind of behavior where people are selling pirated copies instead of just making it available for people who otherwise can't even buy them is really annoying though... anybody thought of a way to get them shut down?
I'm honestly debating to pay for a membership and email every dev that has an app on their. The other known site I've already found 6 apps from me on their and they were removed. But since this place charges just to get a peak I'm very tempted to pay and make sure every company knows and can write C&D's to them and the host.
Piracy is always going to be an issue. Always. I have pirated apps before, usually to test out an app update I have already downloaded and refunded from the marketplace. If the update fixes things I had issues with, I will buy it. If not, then I delete it. I have bought and kept 21 apps from the marketplace so far. I believe my use of pirated apps is fair.
I am not trying to justify piracy, but merely stating it is a great tool for me. I am aware that a lot of people pirate apps just so they don't have to pay for them. I believe that is wrong. However when comparing those who distribute an app for free to those that charge for an app that is not theirs, I believe that the one who distributes for free is the lesser of the two evils. The one who distributes for free is going to reach out to more of the potential market yes, but the scumbags who actually charge for apps that someone worked hard on are the true thieves IMO. They affect a lesser share of the potential market, but keep in mind their "share" is willing to make a purchase in the first place, while the freeloaders "share" is questionable in that department.
Just my 2 cents.
So the new google market came out like a week ago I think and i've had it since the day it came out.
So as you guys all know it comes with books and movies.
I really don't want to read books on my phone. But I do want to watch movies.
However i've didn't rent any yet because I thought the "renting" was really stupid...
So my questions are
1. Is there any way to get movies permanently?
2. And like app sideloading, is there a way to get movies for free?
Sent from my Galaxy S captivate
This is not the place for warez and posting/asking of such can lead to being banned.
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No and no....
Thread closed. Do not ask questions like this again. Thanks
Firstly, PLEASE DO NOT LOCK THIS THREAD! I had it locked on another forum for no reason, it is not a scam, I promise. So, I decided to add reasons to how this is not a scam and it is perfectly legal.
If you don't use it, it's basically an app for iOS and Android that you can get free money. All you do mainly is download an app, install it, run it, and then will will get about $.15 for it. Another way is inviting friends, which you give out a code and if you enter the code when you sign up, the person who just signed up gets $.25 and the person who gave them their code gets $.50. It's easy to use and easy to earn money. After you earn the money (which I only have about $1.50 after an hour or so), you can then trade in your credit for a "virtual" gift card that you get on your mobile device that your using. The cards range from Starbuck's to PSN cards. Anyways, here is my code: ****
Well, first of all, the inviting is not perfectly legal because the *** company pays you the money for allowing more people to get involved with the app. Second of all, the apps are specific apps that you can download from a list. You download it, run it, and then you get the $.16 because the app's developers pay the junowallet company for using the app, and then junowallet pays you for trying the app out. Everything is perfectly legal, scam-free, and abide to the rules of the forum, so you have no reason to delete the thread. It's very simple, hopefully this will make this thread look less scam-like.
The reason I am sharing this is because I am a *** USA ambassador to help the app get more known. If you could enter the code, it would be great because it is a win-win scenario, we each get a little cash. Thank you and good luck!
It was probably locked because we have a referral thread, where this should go. But I'll leave it to the mods to decide on it.
Exactly....These types of threads are no bueno. Thread closed. Do not post again or I will infract/ban.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiit!!! I wanted to get involved on said scam, I mean scam
Also...Inb4l
I just downloaded my CD's and I like how I don't have to put music on my phone...saves space!! now I need to buy some
Yes, we are aware of this program, many people use it. This isn't really relevant or worthy of its own thread, however.
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