I'd care more if I *could* actually sell via the Android market. On Sep 17, 12:29 pm, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > I think people care, but there's not much they can do, as individuals. > > There should be government groups that go after outfits like > AppBucket, but, face it, Android developers are not likely to be big > political contributors, so the government attention is going > elsewhere. > > You could try to form some sort of consortium to fight this, I > suppose, but likely Android developers would be like everyone else -- > "Why should I pay when I can get the service for free (if everyone > else pays)?" > > On Sep 16, 7:59 pm, mot12 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had thought more people would chime in on this. Do developers really > > not care? > > > On Android, I am really surprised about two things as a developer (and > > I don't know how it is on other platforms): > > > 1) Piracy and criminal reselling are much more of an issue than I > > expected. And developers seem to adopt an attitude that this is just > > part of life. I strongly disagree. This makes Android less interesting > > for developers who try to make a living with creating apps (and don't > > tell me that it is unreasonable to try to make a living like that). > > > 2) Users are cheap (maybe goes together with point 1). I have a free > > version of my main app (an alarm clock with all kind of bells and > > whistles) that doesn't ring on Wednesdays. I actually had one user > > comment that he changes the clock every Tuesday to Thursday so he > > tricks my app into ringing anyways. He rather does that every week > > than pay $2. To him, it is a sport to find a way not to pay me and he > > feels good about having succeeded in that.
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