On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Alessandro Pellizzari <[email protected]>wrote:
> 25$ is a one time fee. I could then publish 10 apps. > I think the likelihood of a single developer publishing 10 useful apps is very small. > 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. > OK ... that's one spammer willing to fork over some cash. In GENERAL, this will not be the case. And this is to publish an UNLIMITED number of apps per account. That's the problem. > 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. > Of course ... which was my point and you just reinforced it: if you can afford to develop an Android App, another $10 to publish is not going to kill you, now is it. If that extra $10 is the breaking point for you, you probably have bigger issues to worry about. =P > I don't think 10 $ would stop them. > Stop completely? No. Radically reduce? Yes. On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Jonas Petersson <[email protected]> wrote: > How about just putting a limit on the number of new apps published for free > in a month? Can you seriously write more than say 5 new meaningful apps in a > month? (Perhaps by having an average rating of 4+ [with 1000+ users] on an > app would gain you another free app per month.) > > If you want more you pay the $10/app. > I like this too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
