Closing?

https://www.nextpit.com/site-announcement-androidpit-app-center-closing This article covers your question(s). A FAQ is included. However the email that I received an hour ago doesn't say anything about passwords nor paypal or such thing.

— modified on Nov 21, 2014, 3:30:23 PM

Well, @Martin we aren't closing down what closing down is our AndroidPIT app centre and I can see that @Kevin has already guided you over the correct path.

But why are you closing? Is it not profitable? What happened?
I read the email about some new vat tax. But I don't understand how it impacts your business.

They declared that they have to close the App centre because of a new european tax law.
Means: they are not willing to make the changes so it is easier to close the store.
Means for you from 31st of December on your apps that you bought from Androidpit are useless. They cannot get updates anymore.
Your money you spent in the past is Lost. You have to re buy the Apps on Play Store if you need them.

Androidpit isn't interested to bring a solution for that. Why? they earned their money........

see here: https://www.nextpit.com/forum/627303/androidpit-app-center-closing-what-todo-with-purchases
and if you can speak German: https://www.nextpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center

You will still be able to use the apps that you have bought but unfortunately cant update them. According to Nico's comment, AndroidPIT was allowing you to download the apps only once but freely offered additional services to let you update the apps and to redownload them if you wished.

By the way, Nico is an administrator on the forums. I consider his words trustworthy.

Nico's comment: https://www.nextpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center#comment1561202

A suggestion would be to approach the developers with screenshots of the transitions per app. If you bought many apps, this may take some time but hopefully the developers will be providing you directly with frequent updates starting from January 2015

Yes of course you can use the apps after the 31st of december.
But how long without updates?
Buy a new phone and they are lost. Get the Lollipop Update and those apps, without updates, wont work.
You see they will run a short time and then you lost your money.
If a developer decides to kill a app ok your screwed and can't do anything against it.
But in this case a reseller decides to stop his service and you can not use an App which normaly would work and get updates.
Hope you see the difference....

And on the German magazine there are a few responds of devfelopers. All with the same statment: They can't do anything for us.
Licenes cannot be transfered to another store.

— modified on Nov 22, 2014, 9:11:50 AM

You're right in that the licences apply to AndroidPIT app store only, but while the amounts are paid to us the transaction is with the app developer via us. There was an instance a few years ago where a dev initially posted his app here, then a few months later in the Android Market (as it was then). Due to limited free time and different licences he eventually only updated the Android Market version but would honour any purchases made here via a dropbox link to the updated app (IF you contacted him, not of his own volition). Ultimately it's up to the app developer to honour your payment(s), either via a refund or the method mentioned. If you contact a developer and he fails to respond, the chances are he's not working on the app and therefore there won't be further updates.

The main reason i never buy apps. You dont have any control over them.

Same here. There are a few apps that I've bought that have been abandoned for no reason, or have become redundant due to android updates. SPB launcher was the best example; £10 for a launcher that was released in 2011 to a lot of hype, after two upgrades it was abandoned in 2013 without ever resolving some issues.