So Google is competing with you. So what? That's competition. You can also try and make a weather app to compete with The Weather Channel's - you'll probably have a rough time of it. Established huge brands are difficult to compete with.
As has already been said, at least they're competing with you, and not blocking competition. And you know, if you do a markedly better job than Google at something, people will notice. As dumb as many of the comments are on the Market, the community as a whole is smart - better apps get noticed, and get the high ratings. -- Eric On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 9, 2:01 am, mike quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> My personal view is that this kind of competition is a good thing, it will >> hopefully make developers produce products that have unique selling points >> and "look" professional. > > Unlikely. We are not competing on a level playing field here. The guy > who created the Finance app did this on his 20% allowance and I > suppose the other apps are built on Company time as well. Gosh, I am > sure they can go out and "recruit" some of their graphic artists to > spend their 20% time on icons and stuff while we have to shell $ over > if we want to do this. If this trend continues, it will just help > drive devels away from the platform. And even if all is done on > devel's own time: As soon as an app with a Google label appears that's > similar to yours, you can pack up. > > ** And all this goes on while the Android Market is screaming for no- > brainer improvements such as a web site and all the other things that > have been discussed here. The guys in the Castle really need to ask > themselves where they invest their time. ** > > And yeah, unless you've noticed already, I find this annoying. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
