When I try to activate on any of 3 of my android devices it selects what appears to be the first google account on the phone, vs the account the app was purchased under. In this case the account the app was purchased under is a shared account between the 3 devices and I only want to activate once.
Any one know how to force PLEX to activate under the account it was purchased under?
It’s also strange that when I start down the path of payment it asks for a credit card number and details and not just what google pay account I want to use.
I don’t think you can do this. The activation is linked to the Play Store purchase… so if your phone is logged in to a different google account, it will not authenticate for that account.
The purchase is tied to your app store account. You can download and use on any Android device with the app store you originally purchased it from with the app store account you purchased it with. For instance, if you purchase the app through Google Play, then the purchase will apply to any Android device using the same Google Play account. The purchase does not extend to a different Google Play account, nor does it extend to other app stores, such as Amazon or iTunes.
I believe the quote given makes my point. In the App store you can choose which account to purchase/install an app with. When installed/purchased with the shared account, Plex still selects the incorrect account to activate with - meaning the account the app was not purchased or installed via.
I don’t think you’re reading this right (or you take a far stretch with your interpretation).
I believe the entire in-app activation through the app store (be it Google’s Play Store, Apple’s iOS store or Amazon’s Fire… whatever that one is called) is not designed to purchase stuff with one account and then run it with another one. Those activations will authenticate against the respective app store / platform – if you’re signed in with a different account, it’ll only get a negative authentication feedback (à la “no, this account has not purchased the in-app activation!”).
For them to change that would kind of circumvent their business model, wouldn’t it?
I guess we are reading it differently. Each google account on the android is a separate account, therefore, “the purchase will apply to any Android device using the same Google Play account” should apply. That’s so you don’t pay twice for your phone and tablet.
All I’m saying is you can raise that expectation but you’ll need to do that with Google.
They by the way offer a support article on how to switch users on Google Play – the article implies it can be used with multiple google accounts… I have no device / multiple accounts to verify this https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2521798#switch
