Well said! I agree with the gist of the document; many, but not all of the points mentioned in the document are valid, but the 'demands' set a negative tone, other parst are quite accusatory and the document should be reworded to have 'suggestions' instead and convey a willingness to cooperate.
And only a fraction of the 30% cut goes to Google for payment processing and running the martket infrastructure. The lion's share goes to the various carriers. BTW: Have you checked out http://www.AppBrain.com ? It shows great promise! On Feb 27, 2:15 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I just read your "final draft" document and I have a strong criticism > as to the wording. > > A petition like this is supposed to garner support for your ideas, not > alienate the very people who it's aimed at. The preamble of this > document is too negative, accusatory and essentially would derail the > very purpose. As far as I can see, dropping it completely would be > better than including any of that wording. Many of the "demands" > listed have the same negative tone. I believe these would be counter > productive and lead to the Android people either ignoring it or even > worse, taking it in the wrong way. > > I know for a fact that the Android team is aware of virtually every > short coming of the market, they are aware that developers are unhappy > with it and they know it needs improving. Rubbing this document into > the eyes of the Android team will do nothing for the cause except > widen the gap between the Android team and app developers. > > A document such as this should be one that makes suggestions while > also pointing out the good aspects of the current market. You may have > heard the term "You can catch a lot more flies with honey instead of > vinegar." You might take this into consideration. > > -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
