Good point, but my opinion is that this problem is self-limiting. I don't expect the Archos to be successful without the Market. Even if most users do have access to the market through their phones.
On Aug 2, 10:56 am, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 2 August 2010 19:36, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > > > But I do think that if a user has a Market phone, he's relatively > > unlikely to subsequently purchase a non-market phone. It can happen -- > > due to moving to a different country, for example -- but it's unlikely > > to be a willing choice. And I suspect the markets with a mix of market > > and non-market phones are relatively small -- in most cases, he won't > > even have such a choice to make. > > How about tablets such as the Archos 5? > > I would imagine most Archos 5 owners also have an Android smartphone. I know > for a fact that some of my users run my paid app on their Archos device even > though my paid app is only available via the Android Market. > > So, as soon as those users try to use an LVL-ified update, it won't work. > Its only a matter of time before one such user leaves a one-star rating > about "DRM" and that will severely affect sales :( -- 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
