Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear what I meant by hands off. I meant that they may not want to take responsibility for screening the market for objectionable images, for the same reason they don't put every app through an approval process before it's posted -- which is to be hands off, from a control standpoint (not from a feature development standpoint).
Apple's approval process is rigorous, opaque, and even many happy iPhone owners would call it too authoritative. Apple has decided to be hands-on with their Store to ensure quality across the board, at the cost of creating a repressive bureacracy. Google is creating a simple platform with minimal oversight, which is a whole lot closer to the Real Internet than Apple's whitewashed version. That's all I meant by "hands off". -- Eric On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > "because that's the whole point of the Market, is that Google is hands > *off*." > > Eric, > > There is a fundamental business concept that is missing here. It's > called listening to your customers ("Voice of the Customer"). What > that means is that you can create all sorts of cool gadgets in a > really rad office space like Xerox did in the late 70s, but still miss > the boat because you are being "hands *off*" (like Xerox did). Apple > ended up doing really well by stealing Xerox's ideas. > > --Ed > > > On Mar 27, 8:47 am, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Technically it's easy... any decent web developer could add this kind >> > of functionality to an online marketplace application in a day. >> > Adding the functionality to the in phone market application should be >> > as simple as showing a thumbnailed version and clicking would pop up a >> > sub activity letting the user browse the screenshots on the phone. >> > Given that, I doubt it's a technical limitation. >> >> > I have a feeling this has more to do with Google not having to review/ >> > approve Marketplace submissions for inappropriate/illegal content than >> > any technical issue. >> >> Sorry, but you have no idea how technically easy it is or isn't. >> Being a web developer has nothing to do with Android application >> programming. And yes, it may also be a situation where they don't >> want to have to screen everything people post, because that's the >> whole point of the Market, is that Google is hands *off*. Stark >> contrast to iron fist Apple. >> >> I'd love it if screenshots start appearing on the Market. Try >> suggesting it constructively and in a way that emphasizes why it >> should be a greater priority to the Android team than the bajillion >> other things they're working on as they try to fundamentally alter the >> mobile space, rather than railing about how they must just be lazy, >> and you might get a better response. >> >> -- Eric >> >> >> >> > On Mar 24, 12:54 pm, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hear hear >> >> >> On Mar 24, 2009, at 7:41 AM, "[email protected]" >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Come on Google hardly rocket science? >> >> >> Screenshots = sales! >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
