In a world in which many of the things we pay we do not possess, that of the SubscriptionsIt is not uncommon for many users to look for ways that Do not cost them so much. One of them, without going into illegalities but in a gray area that can skip the terms of the service, It is the use of VPN to subscribe to the prices of another country, cheaper. It is not a precisely new trick, but it seems that Google has decided to end. At least, as far as your application store touches, Google Play.
The informal announcement was made during one of the talks of the Google I/O.the Annual Developer Conference of Google, which has taken place earlier this week. According to Android Authority, Neethi Thomasproduct manager, addresses this issue in a session called Maximizing the ROI on Google Play.
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‘Finally, as always, we continue to improve the play ecosystem with characteristics to help mitigate fraud and abuse. We have expanded protection against price arbitration to more countries, and We are automatically detecting and blocking abusive purchases that exploit regional price differences. This allows you to offer with confidence prices and promotions with characteristics designed to help safeguard your income, ‘says Thomas.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network, or Virtual Private Network) Create a safe and encrypted connection between your device and the Internet. Its main function is to protect your privacy and data, especially in public networks, but also It is widely used to access restricted content geographically redirecting your connection through servers in other countries.
You can be in Spain, but facing the Internet in any other country where The company that provides the service has servers with IPS that masks yours. Although it does not specifically mention them, There is no other possible recipient when it refers to ‘abusive purchases that exploit regional price differences’.
The news has been welcomed by developers, which obviously They lose with these users’ practices. What Thomas did not clarify is the scope That will have this measure, if it will affect existing subscriptions that have been acquired by exploiting regional price differences and blocking future renewal payments or only those who try the practice from now on.