Hi, That's great. Don't know how I misunderstood... but thanks for the clarification.
Mark On Mar 10, 7:50 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > c) As I understand it there's no way to update an app without charging > > for it again. That's ok for a game but not so cool for something more > > complex. > > Then you misunderstand. This is absolutely supported, in fact this is > the default modality. > > Let me explain a Market concept that doesn't seem to be presented > anywhere. Conceptually users are not purchasing access to an > application in the sense of a particular set of bits. What they are > buying is unlimited, permanent access to an "application stream". The > application stream is created when you first upload your app to > Market. You can then publish zero or more *updates* to this stream. > The user will receive all these updates for free. Users may uninstall > the application, but may grab it later again from the stream. They may > buy multiple devices and use the same Google Account on those devices. > Each device is subscribed to the same set of streams. > > Hopefully this clarifies. > > Cheers, > Justin > Android Team @ Google > > On Mar 10, 12:32 pm, markz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Woot, an update! > > > As just a few comments. > > > a) I just submitted a reply/comment somewhere. It'd be nice if the > > group search didn't take me to the forward message. > > > b) I think it's pretty clear to the developers when we get shills. At > > 2-4$ an app who minds buying their competitor and trashing it when the > > result is so crisp? (well, i do, but...). For someone shipping a mass- > > market product maybe they end up getting an equal-weight with othe > > reviews but for more focused stuff with a smaller audience it's the > > kiss of death. I have a guy who's reposted garbage (different each > > time) repeatedly so he's constantly top-of-stack. How nice... > > > c) As I understand it there's no way to update an app without charging > > for it again. That's ok for a game but not so cool for something more > > complex. > > > Thanks for listening, > > > Mark > > > On Mar 10, 1:58 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > 5) We still don't have .33 for our phones. I can't mark something as > > > > Spam yet nor even see what's for sale on Market. This should have been > > > > ready when it rolled to users. Or at least tell us WHEN it will be > > > > ready. This 'coming soon' stuff doesn't do much fo rme. > > > > How about > > > now:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/03/software-update-availa... > > > > Cheers, > > > Justin > > > Android Team @ Google > > > > On Mar 10, 10:34 am, Inderjeet Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In democratic systems, even the dumb shills should have a voice. They at > > > > least downloaded your app, or (for paid applications) bought and may be > > > > refunded it. > > > > I agree if there was a bad rating because of market problems (couldn't > > > > download, or copy-protection issue), it is worth taking down. But that > > > > is > > > > probably hard to do in an automated manner. Moreover, if enough people > > > > mark > > > > it as spam, it will probably get excluded. May be all the developers on > > > > this > > > > list should commit to doing so if they see such a comment on any app. > > > > > Inder > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On "dumb shills": When everyone else is giving your app 5 stars, and > > > > > one idiot gives it one star and leaves a comments proving she never > > > > > even ran the program, that's one clue. Outliers should automatically > > > > > be treated as spam. > > > > > > Thanks for your answers. Nice to hear any feedback from anyone.- Hide > > > > > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
