Draconian terms and conditions reveal Amazon's plans for Android app store

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The terms and conditions for Amazon's upcoming Android store have been leaked to SlashGear, and boy do they look grim. Amazon reserves a lot of rights, including the ability to set the price at which you sell your apps!

Two days ago, the Amazon Android store was just a rumor, but these T&Cs would suggest that the store is real -- and that it's coming soon. Most of the terms are understandably draconian -- Amazon's just covering its ass -- but some are really quite neat. If you 'buy' a free app, for example, you then retain the rights in perpetuity. If you delete it from your phone, and the developer increases the price, you can still grab another copy for free from Amazon.

There's also some 'price matching' type stuff, where you must not sell your app for less on a 'Similar Service' (a term that covers any service that distributes apps online!). Developers must also keep their apps up-to-date on the Amazon store.

All in all, the Amazon Android store sounds like it will be great for the consumer, but hard work for the developer. Still, when you're as large and as important as Amazon, you get to make the rules.

Draconian terms and conditions reveal Amazon's plans for Android app store originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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