Many of us have EULAs in our software. Many of them to cover our butts are very long. They take a while to load the first time the application is run. This lessens the user experience but we feel it is necessary so that some wacko doesn't decide to sue us over next to nothing. On my Pocket PC (aka Windows Mobile) installers which run from the desktop via ActiveSync the EULA is displayed before the application is installed. Likewise on some web sites that sell or offer apps the EULA is displayed before the download. I would suggest that the Android Market make that option available.
However since resources seem to constrained at Google then I am considering changing the EULA display to just provide a link to it online so the EULA simply says that the user agrees to the terms provided in the link. Many companies and even Google does this on some things. Anyone else do this? Also it would be helpful if Google could put some of their legal department to work on a minimalistic boilerplate EULA for Android apps. Many of them have gotten out of hand and reflect more the desktop world. I was listening to one radio talk host complaining this morning how he had to click 15 times to get through a EULA on a 99 cent iPhone app. The public doesn't like these and most don't read them anyway. Brian Conrad JyotishTools.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
