The legal & logistical issues are of course why this is not just a technical issue, but after 2 years? There are dozens upon dozens of digital distribution platforms out there - some of them started after the Android market - that manage to handle purchase and developer sales from multiple countries. It may not be trivial issue, but it is not rocket science either. The only explanation that really makes sense is that Google just isn't interested (i.e., to prioritize it).
I'll second your suggestion to list at alternative markets when possible. The Android market only holds the position it has because it is the default market on Android and thus holds a monopoly on the users of this "open" system. It seems like the only way that one will be able to get Google to pay attention to the deficiencies of their market model is for the alternatives to become big enough that they actually provide some competition. Regards, Michael A. On Jul 7, 9:03 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that the problem is more a legal & logistical > issue than a technical one (e.g complying with local tax requirements > and laws governing resale of goods supplied from a country), so a > software update alone won't help. > > Al. > > On Jul 7, 7:34 pm, Denis Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Could there be any chance that with the new Android Market, made to > > support some features in Froyo, Google would also allow more countries > > to sell apps? Does anyone have any idea of when this new Market would > > be released? > > > On Jul 7, 10:30 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's using an unofficial API and could be cut off at any point. It > > > also doesn't allow you to actually download the apps, only display the > > > app listing information. > > > > Al. > > > > On Jul 7, 8:00 am, ko5tik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 6, 10:19 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Just to address your point on collecting information from Googles > > > > > Market; I've talked to someone at Google about this and it was an > > > > > absolute no-go. The request wasn't for AndAppStore, but for another > > > > > project that I was working on part of and some people at Google had > > > > > shown some interest in. > > > > > Well, what about cyrket? It collects information from market and > > > > displays it in a better way than original ( user comments were > > > > visible for ages ) > > > > > regards, -- 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
