741016 - Should we worry about people circumventing stricter review process by switching between free and paid?

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect, P3)

Description

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

This starts with one simple question- Do free and paid apps have the same review process?

If yes, close the bug.

If no, then we need to consider this scenario.

1. Developer submits a free app
2. Being free, the app has a simpler review process and is approved.
3. The app is public.
4. Our cunning developer now makes the app paid and thereby circumvents a stricter review of their app.

Do we care?

Comment 1

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

My understanding is that there will be some additional policies that apply to paid apps. If that's the case, then changing a free app to paid would be akin to nominating a preliminarily reviewed add-on to full review.

Comment 2

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

So, what happens to the app status when a free app is changed to a premium app? Should the app be available in our public pages as a free app until it passes review?

Comment 3

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

For this launch let's have the details page turn into a "currently under review" message like it does for all the other cases.  Less special cases going into this is good.

Comment 4

[Christopher Van Wiemeersch [:cvan]]

Is this still an issue? Does robhudson's re-review checks cover this case?

Comment 5

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

(In reply to Chris Van Wiemeersch [:cvan] from comment #4)
> Does robhudson's re-review checks cover this case?

Yes.

Comment 6

[Rob Hudson [:robhudson]]

They do, but so far only from Free to Paid. Not Free-ish to Paid-ish -- the "ish" being to include things like "Free + In-app" and "Paid + In-app". I think there's another bug to cover those cases.