I would have had to fly 18 hours just to get to San Fran. A $3000 trip minimum, so definitely the freebies weren't the motivation.
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:48:48 AM UTC+8, Greg Donald wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > Honestly, I think a lot of people are trying to because of the freebies. > > But even if you resell them on eBay for a profit, it's still not cost > > effective by the time you factor in the airfare, hotel, etc. > > I certainly don't care to fly for 6 hours just to get a free device, > not my own personal motivation at all. > > > So what happens is, people who are actually interested in going because > they > > make their livelihood from Android, cannot. > > That's what it looks like from where I sit. And still no one can > explain to me how tickets "appeared" to be sold out to my browser 4 > separate times before the actual "sold out" banner went up at 7:29. > That's so obviously rigged. > > > It's a seriously f-ed up situation, but it is what it is. As with a lot > of > > things related to Android, the ideas are great, but the execution, how > > should I say it, lacks finesse. > > I see no reason to ever try again. Making something extremely > difficult to acquire doesn't make me want it more, quite the opposite > actually. > > > -- > Greg Donald > > -- 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
