Buying $0 apps on the Software Center

[muyiwa]

This isn't a bug in the traditional sense however, it bugs me and i'm sure, lots of other people, so i'm registering it as a bug cos it seems no one else has.

In all other App stores I know, apps that are free (i.e $0) require no payment procedure in order for them to be installed on your device. However, in USC, some free apps are priced and $0 and require you to go through the whole payment procedure, even though you are not actually paying for anything. I don't think this is right. USC should be able to know that those apps are free and allow the user to just download them instead of attempting to pay. Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 26 13:05:06 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.