Is what google is doing serving customers in an immediate sense?
On Aug 24, 4:14 pm, Hong <[email protected]> wrote:
> As the developer of NPR Podcasts app on the Market, I think I will have
> something to say here, since Google Listen is in direct competition to my
> app. My app is free for the record. It's buggy and was built about 9
> months ago. I did it in my spare time 'cuz I really like NPR :)
>
> It has 28,000+ downloads and 8,600+ active users today. But the retention
> rate is dropping... fast!
>
> I neither have the time nor have the monetary incentive (it's free) to keep
> the updates coming for the app.
> I also don't get paid for 20% of my work time on my personal project or my
> boss will kill me ;)
>
> So starting today, I'm officially suspending the development on NPR Podcasts
> app indefinitely.
> I'm sad for my decision but I'm glad and hope Google Listen can pick up the
> slack going forward.
> There are some improvements they can roll out, such as entering custom
> podcast URL, etc.
>
> I will focus more on specialty/niche apps going forward, and spend more of
> my time on iPhone and webOS apps.
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