I think that Google know what it is doing. All developers are excited about Android... we say it is "open", "free", no control... much "better" than iPhone OS... and we are developing applications for Android... this is second year that we hope that paid apps will come soon...
While iPhone developers get money... millions... we will get Nexus One from Google and promise that paid apps will come soon. Same story in 2009... same story in 2010... and when we get paid apps in 2011 there will be so many free apps that no one will want/need to buy an app... Google wants more users and if they can tell to users that more than 65% of all apps are free apps unlike on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows... then users will buy Android with free apps... and Google will get more users... more revenues from adds... and we will maybe get Nexus Two from Google and Motorola... Nexus three .... I like Android but Google is no different than Apple, Microsoft or any other large company... Google only has different methods to control and achieve what they want... On Apr 14, 6:40 pm, fhucho <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately you won't be able to sell it. > > On Apr 14, 6:33 pm, r0ytlay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in > > countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which > > does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? > > > I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge > > for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but > > i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid > > market. > > > On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support > > > for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market > > > team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. > > > > I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep > > > the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market > > > from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep > > > the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to > > > competitor's app that is free). > > > > The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out > > > any other response than "We're woking on it" (which I find a bit hard > > > to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). > > > When I ask a very simpe question, "Will it happen in 2010 or later?", > > > they answer with silence. > > > > I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from > > > a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from > > > anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
