I'm with you on this. I don't want more fragmentation. Profit is not the only motive, though. They want a market that works on their HDTVs and DVD players. I don't know if they will be running Android, but Google doesn't support running the market on non smartphone devices. Samsung also makes Windows Mobile devices and other OS devices.
I still think the Android Market would be a better choice where it is usable, though. Nathan On May 20, 9:40 am, Gabriel Simões <[email protected]> wrote: > ..... something to think about ... > > Why would users need another App Store for the same plataform if it > doesn´t add anything better than the ones we have already? > I´m trying to imagine what will happen if every manufacturer/carrier > decides not to include android market on their custom Android OS > compilations and use their own market. Fragmentation is the smaller of > the problems. > As a developer, I don´t want to have to register my apps in a lot of > places ... check all of them to see comments, reviews, to update > versions, to receive money, to check for issues, etc. > Also, for users this will be terrible since no store (but android > market maybe) will have all the apps available. Also, the user won´t > be able to choose which store to use since market apps normaly aren´t > available for download (for security reasons). > And all this for what? Every manufacturer now want´s to get it´s part > of the standard 30% stores take. Also, every carrier want´s it, so we > will end in an even more fragmented scenario. > This is something the alliance should discuss as a decision for a > future scenario of Android. Also, I hope users opt for devices with > Android Market, as here in Brazil some carriers are already selling > devices without Android Market and have already informed that this > decision is related to the launch of their own markets. This can lead > to a decline in the plataform, for sure. > > In the end, I hope Google stops closing it´s eyes and start to improve > Android Market imediately: security problems, web portal´s lack of > features (including search), small description and only 2 screenshots > for developers, etc are just a few of the complains we hear every > single day. > > Well, I wish samsung doesn´t take android market off of their > devices .... but I don´t believe it can be stopped since it seems > their market won´t be any better so users won´t use it unless they > have to. Business decisions ... and the concept of an integrated app > store goes down the water. > > Gabriel > > On 19 maio, 23:24, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > SamsungApps.com is apparently registered to Samsung Electronics CO., > > Ltd. according to WHOIS information. > > > So they want Android apps? I heard Samsung wanted to do their own > > operating system. > > > Nathan > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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 > athttp://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
