Btw, I saw that you (via AndAppStore) got an honorable mention in the WIRED article re 'Independent App Stores' yesterday. Congrats.
Steve On Jun 13, 1:54 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 12, 8:44 am, gosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >(our revenue is from ads in the client & customisation deals in case > > >you're wondering). > > > Then I'm assuming you must require the app publisher to make some > > small addition to their source code - which is no big deal to the > > coder. > > Nope. The ads are only in our client, and the customisation deals are > with OEMs and hardware distributors for customer versions of our > systems. Developers don't have to modify anything. > > > > If you also add in that Market does things that third party after- > > > market app stores can't (automatic updates, copy protection, > > > permissions-before-download installs), you can see that any company > > > getting into the Android app store space is competing on a uneven > > > playing field from day 1 on devices where they aren't integrated into > > > the firmware > > > If you already require a mod to the source as per above, you could > > also add some phone-home 'occasionally' capability (your marketplace > > home) ... which could implement a 'better' copy protection mechanism > > than the Android Market currently has. > > AndAppStore already offers a purchase checking facility where > developers can, if they want to, check against our database of > purchases to see if the user has purchased a copy of the app for the > specific device it's running on. > > > > > Similarly, you could also use such phone-home code to implement a > > 'better' updates policy - e.g. I find the current update mechanism in > > Android Market a pain in the butt in that it tries to update apps 'too > > often'. E.g. you could let the 'phone user' pick a minimum update > > frequency which overrides those frenetic/frivolous updaters. > > We're looking at adding a time selector in addition to our the on/off > switch we currently have in the AndAppStore client for background > update checking. > > Al. -- 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
