Maybe they could introduce a pay-back if your app is downloaded more than 5,000 times without receiving a show-stopping bug being reported.
Al. Peli wrote: > 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 - >>> > > > -- Al Sutton W: www.alsutton.com B: alsutton.wordpress.com T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
