25$ may be nothing for most of the adult, first-world developers. It may be a big hurdle for a 13 year old who just created a couple of fun apps but has not earned a penny in his life yet, and does not own a credit card.
It may be a month's salary in some parts of China, where more and more people can have access to computers through the popular internet bars at a price much lower than the 25$. On the positive side, the fee may prevent the common user from googling for free apk files and uploading them at some price under their name just for fun. But as stated above, it may not prevent professional spammers of doing the same. Still, it is a nuisance for most developers. So I think sooner or later, this fee will either drop, or Google will allow for fee waivers (like you submit one of your original apps, Google reviews it, and if everything looks ok, after a couple of days you can create your account for free) as an alternative to paid accounts. Peli On Oct 27, 9:42 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think this is bull. Anybody not willing to put up $25 dollars > for a one time registration is not really interested in posting their > program. > > On Oct 27, 4:06 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So Now we have the new answer to the $25 of; > > > "You must register to be able to upload your products to the Android > > Market. There is a one time $25 registration fee. We charge this fee to > > encourage higher quality products on the market (e.g. less spammy > > products)." > > > Anyone else think this is just bull?, I've seen some excellent free > > programs and some really poor pay-for ones, all the $25 is doing is > > encouraging developers to cover their costs by charge for their apps > > irrespective of the quality. > > > Al. > > > blindfold wrote: > > > Yes, they are definitely prepping for us, e.g.: > > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=113468&topic=1... > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=113475&ctx=sib... > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=113469&ctx=sib... > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=113468&topic=1... > > > > On Oct 26, 8:26 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I saw the Android Market blurb at the > > >> bottom:http://code.google.com/android/devel/sign-publish.html, so I > > >> thought the > > >> market had already opened. I guess google is just prepping. > > > >> Shane > > > -- > > Al Sutton > > > W:www.alsutton.com > > B: alsutton.wordpress.com > > T: twitter.com/alsutton- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
