Hard not to agree with you. I think Amazon poses a good step forward if they quickly expand outside of the United States, simply because they're very much global already where Google Checkout is not.
-- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com Fantasy Football<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/>- Android app for MFL fantasy football owners On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Bret Foreman <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not a technical issue. It's a business one. The first company > that works out agreements with most of the world's mobile carriers to > allow integrated billing for apps will quickly become the dominant > application channel. As soon as users can click on a "buy" button and > have the app charged to their phone bill as a monthly fee, all other > channels will wither away. 99 cent apps will become 10 cents per > month. Users will be able to turn off billing by uninstalling the app, > which will make them more willing to try out new ones. Apps that are > useful will generate recurring revenue for the developers for years. > > The short message is that Android apps should be billed the same way > 99% of the world pays for phone services - monthly and on a single > bill. > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
