Il Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:49:47 -0700, a1 ha scritto: > On 6 Sie, 16:25, Alessandro Pellizzari <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If I want to write a useful free or open source app without ads, I am >> blocked by the cost. > > How? You have to pay register fee anyway, so lets set registering fee to > 10$ and add 10$ publishing fee, and you still saving 5$. 25$ is a one time fee. I could then publish 10 apps. Reading this thread, I understood that one spammer already has 3 or 4 accounts on the Market. This means he already paid 100 dollars to publish apps. Developing an app costs much more that the 10 $ of publishing fee you propose. Even the simplest would require at least a couple of hours for a medium developer. I don't think 10 $ would stop them. > I used to have ad supported app on market, and from what I can tell, > there is not even a slight possibility to generate such revenue from > this crap (50k active user base generated 10$/day revenue on 4.5* rated > app). Also note that you have to have this money upfront which is also a > big "no-go" for spammers. If it had 4.5* it means it was useful to the users, that took time to rate it. Maybe they were more interested in USING your app than clicking on the banners. :) But speaking of porn (or soft-porn), I think the user would not bother to rate it, but would happily click on a "click here to see videos and more" banner on an image-only app. I still think that a community-based "spam counter" (a-la Slashdot or Digg) would be better. A spammer should register hundreds of accounts to promote his app or demote rival apps. Bye. -- 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
