So what you're suggesting is everyone should consider sitting out Android development until something changes?
If that's the case then who is going to make the change :). imho, Android has come a fair way since the G1 was launched, but it still has a way to go, but if developers aren't writing apps then the platform will start to go into the negative PR spiral that could see it crash and burn. For me Bluetooth tethering and Running apps from the SD card are big problems for me. Market also is in a pretty poor state which is why I'm trying to deliver the features developers want via AndAppStore (screen shots, multi-currency pricing, reliable forward locking, etc.). Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fdimeglio Sent: 20 May 2009 21:11 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Sad Application Sales... Guys, To make you all cry even more here are the sales info for "Flight Control", $0.99 app on the iPhone : http://firemintgames.blogspot.com/2009/04/flight-control-sales-numbers.html I am quite speechless compared to what I can see on the Android Market and just confirm that my choice to start eating the forbidden fruit (as Stoyan is proposing) three months ago was the good one until something change on Android. Fabrice On May 20, 12:11 pm, mike quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ethan, > > In addition to this, just because the system that application run on is open > source does not mean that every application developed to run on it is open > source. > > It is up to the developer to decide which license he uses. Obviously if he > bases his work or improves an existing open source application then they > have to honour that license. > > On May 20, 2009 7:22 PM, "Ethan LeSabre" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd just like to add a user's opinion if I may. > > I'm a 30 year old G1 user and I love the Android platform, I think > it's great and I'm certainly not cheap. I have bought 3 games which > were an absolute waste of money for me but once I'd bought them I > didn't want to get rid of them within the 24 hours as I felt guilty > that the designers had done so much hard work. > > I've also bought a few apps, widgets and themes and I'm quite happy to > carry on buying them HOWEVER, what I'm not prepared to do is buy any > more games or random apps that I don't find useful. This includes the > huge numbers of Notes apps, Tip apps, "spirituality" apps or comics. > To those devs who design other stuff I'm afraid that I sometimes can't > be bothered to trawl through the reams and reams of crud just to find > your gem - sorry! > > One last thing that I was just wondering, since when did open source > automatically mean free? I thought it meant that the source code was > open for anyone to use it, amend it or create using it? > > Good luck to you all, and I hope I'll get the chance to try out some > of your apps! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
