I was thinking the same thing but if you look at the number of downloads for the Picasa app its not that mind blowing, as its really depends on if you use Picasa. Then I looked at the scoreboard app but I didn't bother to download it as I already have an app particularly catered to the one sport I really follow.
So I sat back and took a broader look, right now people really want a video players that can play just about anything and if google was to release one (even tho I see devs saying that the SDK is the limiter with creating video players) that could do what the people wanted it would kinda crush those devs. The reason why that isn't bad is because none of the video players cost money and as long as google's theoretical video player was open and some of those free devs could use the code and improve their own offering or even offer code to improve Google's then everyone wins. So for me it isn't that big a concern. Another good example is the Steel browser, it has a very good UI including auto-rotate and an iPhone like virtual keyboard. Very importantly it gets updates pretty regularly and provides a very solid alternative to the built in browser and here is a situation where Google launched an app with the phone and someone with a more agile development environment is creating something that people want. As long as the big G doesn't bully the devs I don't see it being a bad thing. On Dec 19, 11:16 am, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose we all noticed that the elephant in the room has released a > fistful of free apps, Picasa upload, MyMaps for Google Maps come to > mind. All nice work of course, and these apps help lift the quality of > the Market. But is this a good thing? I wonder if this deters > independent developers and firms developing quality apps themselves. > Who knows what Google's up to, and once they release "against" a > similar app that you happen to work on, it's Game Over. > Your thoughts on this? Should Google share their plans for app > development in an effort to mitigate a cannibalization of the Market? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
