disable download of my paid app in Android

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Published on 2013-11-02T08:59:32Z Indexed on 2013/11/02 9:54 UTC
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I have a paid app in the store which will remove the ads in another app when it is installed on that device.

Now I want to remove this 'remove ads' app, as I want to have an in-app payement for this for instance (or maybe I just keep the ads version only).

But the problem is, if I unpublish the app, people who bought it will not be able to download it again when they get a new phone or reset their phone.

How to I keep the app in the Play Store, but prevent people from buying it? Is this possible?

My backup plan is: make the app cost 10.000 euro's and put in the message that this app should not be bought anymore. But I don't like that...

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