@Sundog, I agree that there is no one but myself to blame for not having seen this restriction but... it is just silly. We will now see 500 apps with names like: app_naame
just so we can sort of keep the reputation we've built. On Feb 19, 12:47 pm, 3D <[email protected]> wrote: > I just found this in the Android Market info: > > "If you have previously published an application for free, you cannot > change it to have a price. You'll need to re-upload a new APK and add > a price." > > When they say re-upload a new APK (wouldn't that just be upload a new > APK...), does that mean rename it or just upload a new version #. The > latter is no problem since there's a few things I want to update > anyway. > > I don't have time right now - anyone with a free app want to upload a > higher version # and see if it will let you set a price? > > On Feb 19, 12:26 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree. That just makes no sense. Why would they force me to lose all > > the ratings, comments and download counts accumulated over several > > months of cultivating the product and the customer base, and start > > over from scratch. That is retarded if thats how it's going to be. > > > The sensible thing to do would be to let those users that downloaded > > the free copies keep them for free as long as they dont want to > > upgrade to the paid version, and charge all new customers going > > forward FOR THE SAME PRODUCT, NOT A NEW PACKAGE WITH A NEW NAME. > > > Google, say it aint so........ > > > On Feb 19, 3:11 pm, 3D <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That would be so stupid if you can't change your app from free to > > > priced without renaming - and lose all your ratings and comments. If > > > that is the case then Google would really be starting to f this whole > > > thing up. This Android Market seems to be getting more and more > > > restricted. I'm not going to argue about their right to do what they > > > want with the market but in the long-run the success of Android will > > > depend greatly an Google's support of independent development. > > > > On Feb 19, 7:13 am, Sena Gbeckor-Kove <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What is your app? > > > > > S > > > > > On 19 Feb 2009, at 11:24, 3D wrote: > > > > > > Initially I was able to price my app but since it wasn't available to > > > > > the general public I posted it for free today - got 1600+ downloads in > > > > > 12 hours... wtf? So I pulled it until paid-for apps go live. Right > > > > > now I do not get the option to post a price on the publishing page. > > > > > > On Feb 18, 4:55 pm, stonedonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Yea it's not very clear, I received the email on Friday, so I assumed > > > > >> sometime around today. > > > > > >> On Feb 18, 7:15 pm, sm1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >>> as i understand the announcement a few days ago, buyers will have > > > > >>> access sometime next week, i.e., between Feb. 22 and 26. developers > > > > >>> can upload priced apps now, but the general public (G1 owners) > > > > >>> cannot > > > > >>> yet. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
