Hi all, Sorry to jump into this thread but just wanted to leave what my recent experience has taught me and might be helpful to others...
Regarding not having free apps from Google... sorry but it just does not make any sense... it's their platform, it is only fair that they have the chance to make it attractive... and this happens already for every other OS out there... dont expect nonsense restrictions just so that devs can make decent money... But more to the interesting part that might be helpful to other devs... its true that in a not very far future we migt be having 10 SE's, 10 Motos, 10 Samsungs, 50 HTC's and even 1 Nokia who knows... and it will be virtually impossible for developers to own them all (at least for indie devs... like me and you). And this is why it is so important to get involved in the community. Before you publish your app on the Market pre-release it within the more 'experimentalist' android user community to get their feedback and see what problems might arise on different devices and platform versions. I did this with my recently published app and it worked great. I was really impressed with the community, it is filled with users that are eager to experiment. The folks over at xda-developers, android community forum and even anddev were really helpful on getting the app to run in most cases. And never forget, you have to put some love into what you do... Cheers, Filipe http://abrantix.org/rockon.php Amir Alagic wrote: > Hi! > > There should be free apps on the market but not made by Google. That > is my opinion. > > I also agree with you that we should make users happy. That is very > good point. If we create > bad software then people will move to other platforms like Symbian, > WinMo, iPhone... But in > my opinion it is hard to make good software if you don't make money. > If you make some kind of > open source web application then you download Opera, Firefox, Chrome, > IE, Safari... and test > your application. > > Here on Android you can test your app on emulator but performance is > different, application that > works on emulator can crash on phone (G1)... So we have to test our > applications on real devices. > And trust me G1 is not open sourced. One have to give 399$ plus > shippment, customs and in Europe > it is much more than 399$. And that is for one phone. In future you > will have 10 Sony Ericsson phones, > 10 Samsung phones, 10 Motorola... and one have to test application on > all to make sure that it works > properly to make customers happy. But if you give applications for > free it will be kind a expencive > hobby to buy all phones... > > On Apr 17, 2:32 am, Jesse McGrew <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Apr 16, 1:46 am, Amir Alagic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Jesse I am not worried that open soruce developers will starv. >>> Developer(s) that write open soruce software at Google are well paid >>> and they get money to write Android, Android applications and more... >>> Also you can see that at Google Summer of Code 2009 even studens that >>> will work on open soruce projects will be paid for that. Here is one >>> question on FAQ >>> >>> "3. Isn't it unusual for open source developers to be paid? >>> Not really. Many of our mentors get paid to work on open source..." >>> >>> So students get money to work on MySQL, Eclipse, GNOME, Linux >>> Foundation... >>> >>> But if they give money to professionals to create open soruce >>> application and submit them to Android Market then even if they can >>> not create all possible applications Android developers will not be in >>> the same position as for example iPhone developers... >>> >> First, it's not really relevant whether the developers got paid: if >> the app had been written by a team of volunteers, other developers >> would still be in the same position of having to compete with >> something free. >> >> Second, because of that, iPhone developers *are* in the same position. >> A team of volunteers can write an iPhone app and give it away for >> free, and then all the developers who want to sell the same >> functionality can gnash their teeth, and all the users who *like* >> having free software available can ask them in a mocking tone if they >> want some cheese with their whine. The only real difference is the >> iPhone volunteers will have to pay an extra $74 and wait a few weeks >> for Apple's approval. >> >> Third, while this situation might be frustrating for developers, it's >> highly beneficial for users. And I don't think I'm going out on a limb >> by saying we should focus more on making users happy than making >> developers happy. >> >> >>> I love open soruce and also want to join open soruce project but >>> Android Market is market and should be that in my opinion but maybe I >>> am wrong... >>> >> So there should be no free apps on the market? >> >> Then it'll be just like Verizon's Get It Now store. No thanks! >> >> Jesse >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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