PlayStore accepting Bitcoin?

[PeRo]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

[TastyChillySauce00]

the thing that makes appstore and playstore not yet to accept bitcoin because android have android pay and apple have apple pay,adding bitcoin will potentially threatening their services so they think better get away from it
just see some faucet getting banned from adsense few weeks ago which could gives you a clue why they don't accept bitcoin

[Wendigo]

I think the chances of Apple or Google accepting Bitcoin directly on their platforms are slim to none even if there is a huge demand for that because they have developed in-house solutions for digital payment apps and Bitcoin will be competing with their business which is not a good thing for them anyways. If you would like to use your Bitcoins to buy stuff on the app stores one way to do that is to buy gift cards from 3rd party vendors and input the voucher codes and get your account credited.

[PeRo]

the thing that makes appstore and playstore not going to accept bitcoin because android have android pay and apple have apple pay,adding bitcoin will potentially threatening their services so they think better get away from it
just see some faucet getting banned from adsense few weeks ago which could gives you a clue why they don't accept bitcoin

Well, that is not good for Bitcoin users. Is there any site where I can buy cheap PlayStore gift cards which accepts Bitcoin as a payment?

[Wapinter]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

It is a matter of time before playstore and all major platforms accept the power of bitcoin and realize its fastest growing community.Bitcoin has a long way to go

[renem]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

They should give the option to allow developers to accept payment in Bitcoins Well lets see what options they have. Lets say 30% of online commerce begin to be in bitcoin. And 60% is paypal/dollars, rest unknown. If they dont add bitcoin, thats 30% commerce they loose. Lets say 10% is dollars/paypal and 90% is bitcoin. I mean, they dont really have a choice in the end if bitcoin catches on

[PeRo]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

It is a matter of time before playstore and all major platforms accept the power of bitcoin and realize its fastest growing community.Bitcoin has a long way to go

But if you see the above posts, you can see valid and good points, PlayStore and AppStore probably wont accept Bitcoin as a payment. But you can buy gift cards for PlayStore with Bitcoin on some sites. I don't know for AppStore though, I have never had an Iphone so I wouldn't know.

[extrabyte]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

No I dont think they will accept bitcoin for a while, why do they need to promote another currency and another payment method whey google play has Google Wallet and apple store has Apple Pay. The alternative way is buying gift cards and then using in their market.

[avikz]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

That is a good proposition. But google is skeptical about using a decentralized currency like bitcoin as of now.

Also the fluctuation in bitcoin price is also a matter of concern. So a proper price bench marking needs to be done before bitcoin is accepted in app store.

Another issue is that, you can't buy anything immediately with bitcoin payment as it takes time to get confirmed. So you will have to wait after making the payment until it gets confirmed. These are few road blocks.

[OmegaStarScream]

Apple have Apple Pay or whatever the name is , so they will more then likely  won't do it .
Google in the other hand did n't show any interest in Bitcoin and crypto currencies in general so this is unlikely as well.

[TastyChillySauce00]

the thing that makes appstore and playstore not going to accept bitcoin because android have android pay and apple have apple pay,adding bitcoin will potentially threatening their services so they think better get away from it
just see some faucet getting banned from adsense few weeks ago which could gives you a clue why they don't accept bitcoin

Well, that is not good for Bitcoin users. Is there any site where I can buy cheap PlayStore gift cards which accepts Bitcoin as a payment?

sure, in digital goods section : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=93.0 ,can't sure people selling it every day or you can find it when you in need but i've seen some people selling it
maybe gift card site in google did accept bitcoin but be sure to read the feedback before make a deal

[mayax]

Apple have Apple Pay or whatever the name is , so they will more then likely  won't do it .
Google in the other hand did n't show any interest in Bitcoin and crypto currencies in general so this is unlikely as well.

because cryptoshit is a tiny niche market while Apple and Google are giants. more than that, 99,9% from those who use BTC,  have cards are well and they can use them.

would you accept shitcoins if you were Google or Apple or will you accept your in house payment system which can bring you 100% revenue?

[Kakmakr]

These companies would rather use something developed by their own in-house developers than something that are not within their control. They use the ApplePay and Android solution, because they can improve and apply changes on their schedule, and they do not have to wait for a whole Bitcoin community to reach consensus on small issues to resolve problems. It's just about control and Ease of use and manageability. ^hmmmm^

[helloeverybody]

For a minute their i thought Playstore are accepting bitcoin.  It would be great if they did but i don't see that coming anytime soon.  Its easy to get credit on Playstore as it is and bitcoin is still too much of a niche payment method to be used large scale.

[PhilPrime]

i think it is not possible for now. google needs a refund service because it is stated in there terms. maybe someday it will be accepted if many people insist it. there are so many features of bitcoin that must improve.

[Dekker3D]

Do you think that PlayStore for android phones should accept Bitcoin as a payment or AppStore for Iphone? Steam has no problem with Bitcoins, so why shouldn't PlayStore and AppStore use it? It can use BitPay like Steam and most sites that sell something online.
It would be great, but do you think it will happen?

That is a good proposition. But google is skeptical about using a decentralized currency like bitcoin as of now.

Also the fluctuation in bitcoin price is also a matter of concern. So a proper price bench marking needs to be done before bitcoin is accepted in app store.

Another issue is that, you can't buy anything immediately with bitcoin payment as it takes time to get confirmed. So you will have to wait after making the payment until it gets confirmed. These are few road blocks.

This can be covered soon if we already have a crypto tied up to a currency at 1:1 ratio. Plus altcoins are way faster and almost instantaneous. These kind of things are the reason why Bitcoin won't be the king of crypto in the future.

[CrimBit]

im not sure google will add other payment method except android pay, but you can use 3rd service, like exchanger from bitcoin to playstore gift code.
you can use exchanger for that's.

[madwica]

i think it is not possible for now. google needs a refund service because it is stated in there terms. maybe someday it will be accepted if many people insist it. there are so many features of bitcoin that must improve.

Yeah bitcoin are continue upgrading their services and i think soon they will be adopted by playstore to be their mode of payment and i think more people will use bitcoin instead of their credit cards.

[randy8777]

it would be a great thing of course, but for me personally there is not really a need for this sine i top up my account balance with gift cards that i receive digitally instantly. i think that google play store will be much earlier with adding bitcoin as payment option than apple with their app store. apple is a bit more harsh on bitcoin than google is when it comes to apps.

[raphma]

just a matter of time.
it will accept bitcoin in some time, specially after steam started to accept(a big company with a important name).