Question is there a doc explaining what devices have market and what do devices do not? I know OPhone might not have as compared to other Google' devices in china..
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the biggest problems we at AndAppStore have at the moment with > Google is that they seem to be treating app distribution and licensing as an > add-on as opposed to making it an open part of the OS. They currently don't > share any details of how to enable or use the existing current copy > protection scheme (so developers and app directories can't use it), and > Market uses APIs which are only available to apps signed by a specific key > which, again, 3rd parties don't have access to. > > We'd like to see an accepted licensing standard which will work all Android > devices that can be used by third parties without the need to go through > Market. To try and push this along several months ago we offered to hand > over all the details of our licensing system to Google but met with a > "thanks, but no thanks, we're working on our own system" kind of response, > which led us to believe there will be an improvement at some point, but it's > not going to work on all Android devices (because not all devices have > Market). > > Hopefully, someday, we'll see an improvement to the situation and there > will be one licensing system which can be used by any app directory or > developer as they wish. > > 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 david > Sent: 30 August 2009 15:52 > To: Android Discuss > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Paid App Protection, a problem of the whole > Android ecosphere > > > > > Thanks Mark for the quick response. So you suggest to move away from > the Android Market and use third party app stores like AndAppStore and > SlideME? This leads me to my next question: Will the Android Market > support a copy protection like the "SlideLock" of SlideME in the near > future? Because as a developer of Android apps I don't want to invest > too much time into copy protecting my apps by myself, if a general > solution could solve this. I know that there are many high quality > apps on other operation systems circulating, but they invest a lot of > time in re-inventing the wheel over and over by enhancing their copy > protection algos. On the mobile device we're somehow limited in > usability compared to the desktop apps as well. It's just a big hurdle > to let the user enter endless license keys or something similar. Do > you think this will enhance the user experience of Android powered > devices? I fear not. IMHO, if Google encourages developers to leverage > the Android OS with competitions like the ADC, they should also > invest a little bit into helping developers to monetize their apps > later and not spending too much time thinking about copy protection. > > > > > On Aug 30, 10:08 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > The AndAppStore scheme isn't limited to AndAppStore and can be used by > apps made available via Googles Market, SlideME, etc. if you want. > > > > You can find more info athttp:// > andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/licensing.jsp > > > > Al. > > > > -- > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://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 Mark Murphy > > Sent: 29 August 2009 21:31 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Paid App Protection, a problem of the > whole Android ecosphere > > > > david wrote: > > > Otherwise this is a big problem for the whole Android ecosphere as we > > > won't see many high quality apps popping up. > > > > Application developers are welcome to use third-party DRM solutions. > > AndAppStore and SlideME each have one, IIRC, and there are probably > > others. Nobody is pointing a gun at your head to force you to use the > > one in the Android Market...which is good, since the Android Market DRM > > will not work in other markets. > > > > Moreover, your assumption that ineffective copy protection means "we > > won't see many high quality apps" seems to fly in the face of the > > high-quality apps available for a range of operating systems (desktop > > and mobile) that do not have any form of copy protection by intent. > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com| > http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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