The simple solution to this problem is for developers to be responsible and fully self-serving and offer their software NOT ONLY through the market, but ALSO on THEIR OWN WEBSITE (i.e. the developer's website, not necessarily archos or whatever hardware maker). There is nothing stopping any android phone from installing an application from any website that they happen to visit. That's what we do... Though our software is free (to support our web services), it could easily be done for pay-for software as well -- download link to crippleware, paypal responds in email with product activation key. Done. Then you can have these organizations like archos linking in their web site to various 3rd party websites offering software and no need for a "market" at all. Sure, you'd have some software being left out, but on archos forum you would have threads like "does somebody know a software to do xxxxx?" and have a reply like "sure, check out http://www.software-xxxxx.com";. No piracy in that, supports the developers through their own controlled web site, provides software to users as desired (with all the kalib shaikh crap filtered out due to irrelevance). Anybody see any problems with that?
This isn't apple you know... there is a great flexibility in this platform, but everybody seems to be stuck up in the apple software distribution model. Just because THEY'RE nazis doesn't mean that the whole world must also be... On Sep 21, 1:42 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM, gb105 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the Archos is a good device, but there will be many simular > > ones soon. I wonder how developers could consider to accept the terms > > of their app store, when the standard Android apps work on their > > devices without modification (I tried mine on the emulator). I think > > app stores for all kinds of Android devices like AndAppStore.com are > > the best solution. > > Archos says AppsLib is for high-end devices. I can see this being a > potentially viable niche; but if you go to appslib.com, they talk about > being the "cornerstone" of AppStores and not being restricted like the > (Android) Market Place. So it seems to me the goals of Archos and AppsLib > are not in-line with each other. It sends a confusing message to the > community. My guess is the market place was an after-thought for Archos and > they are still trying to figure it out. > > -- > Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME - The Original Market for > Android)http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/slideme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
