On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Nathan <critter...@crittermap.com> wrote: > > > They will get free apps without it being their priority. The $99 isn't > per app, is it? A developer with paid and free apps will probably put > both in there. And free apps that generate sufficient revenue through > ads etc. will also make their way there. > That's actually my point. Free app developers will only put their app in a store charging $99 fee if they can generate sufficient revenue and without a whole lot of users, that isn't going to happen.
> > > This I don't buy. We developers overestimate our own importance. And > lots of people overestimate the importance of the sheer number of > apps. If you check the comments users make about Android Market vs. other markets, it's all about the number of apps. > > Would an Amazon customer not buy a device because it only has 10,000 > apps instead of 100,000? 10K of apps is a lot but if it were only 1K, no I don't many think people would buy it. > If Amazon made its next Kindle an Android device, lots of people would > buy it because of one app only: Kindle. > Sure, if they distributed it on such an e-reader device, it would generate users of even a handful of apps. People looking for a primary Android device or tablet, would just ignore it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
