Payment required

When will Garmin begin checking the "payment required" label? Officially, applications requiring payment should be marked with this label by 1st January. When I take a quick look at the content of the store, most paid applications are not marked as such. But nothing happens.

I marked my app with this label, and now I can see that number of installations decreased and it got worse in the list of applications in given category (Music). 

The problem is that my app is the only one in this category marked as paid, but in fact almost all are paid.

I understand that knowing if an application is paid can sometimes be difficult. But this list includes for example the most promoted and maybe the most popular app in the store - Spotify.

Garmin, please do something about it. Because developers who follow the rules are at a disadvantage compared to those who don't. And that's really depressing.

  • I'm actually a bit surprised how many apps are already following the guidelines, given that the announcement here came right before the holidays, and for many, today was the first day back.  Right now, in the web app store, in the "trending" section, out of the 8 apps shown, 6 are showing the payment label, and the other two don't need it.

    I kind of expect it to be maybe a couple weeks more before the other apps catch up, and I'm sure some devs have questions.