I agree with Bob... until google expands the market text allowed, if you need that space to add more info for the app, I'd use it for that.
Is there any census on naming the title of the app <title - ad-supported> for example? So that the title clearly indicates its the ad-supported version? On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > Under the circumstances, I don't agree. We're so incredibly tightly > limited in the text we can use to describe our applications. > > And people can easily uninstall the application if they don't like the > ads. If we provide a non-ad paid version, they can upgrade instead. > There's little downside to the user in an adware version, so it's > really not that high a priority to warn them. > > If you have extra space in your description, sure, it's a good thing > to do. It just shouldn't interfere with clearly stating more important > things in the description! > > On Mar 29, 3:55 am, Abdul Mateen <abmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I think if you are showing ads into your application, you should > make > > the version "adware" and clearly state into the description that "The > > version/application/release is ad supported OR contains AD". > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Neilz <neilhorn...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Mar 29, 8:33 am, Vladimir <vladimir.funti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I went with these permissions for 3-4 months and didn't ever see a > geo- > > > > targeted advertisement on my phones. Maybe US users get them, but > > > > looking at CTR/eCPM I get a feeling it's all the same "free games for > > > > ur %modelname%" for them too. > > > > > Thanks Vladimir... and when you removed it, you didn't notice any > > > reduction in clicks? > > > > > > It's strange that your users are asking about it. I received all > sorts > > > > of complaints and insults, but nobody ever asked about permissions. > > > > > Well, the rest of my app is perfect, there's nothing else to complain > > > about ;-) > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><android-developers%2Bunsubs > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE > > > ME" as the subject. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
