[marbiru]

How does the annual fee weed out spammers exactly? Are there examples on Android of the kind of spam apps you're worried about?

[cynix]

Spammers are less likely to keep their apps in the store if there’s an ongoing cost. Or to submit it at all, if the initial cost is high enough.

[tonyedgecombe]

It's much harder for them to be anonymous when they had to get their credit card out.

[marbiru]

I'm not trying to be combative but... doesn't Google's one-time fee to make an account do that just as effectively? Or an annual $10 fee, or whatever?