On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:34:10 -0700 (PDT) "droidin.net" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > With 60000+ apps in iTunes store how ethical is it to "look for the > inspiration" among these applications? As former casual user of iPhone > I see a lot of familiar apps/games popping up on Android Market, some > of them from the same shop but a lot of them are nothing more than a > cheap knock-offs (or rarely - quality knock-offs) Would Android > reputation suffer because of such practice? Should it be policed and > who would police it? What's your thoughts on this? This happens wherever there are two platforms. If X is released on P but not on Q, Q users are likely to write Y, which has the same featureset as X but runs on Q. Android wouldn't suffer from copying of non-trivial apps (mail readers, text editors, web browsers), since more of these is good, and they're not likely to be direct clones. Android wouldn't suffer from copying of trivial apps (soundboards, pint-of-beer etc.) since they're, well, trivial. The bit that Android will (and I think already does in places) suffer on is the quality. But it's just the quality of the app itself - a poor quality original app isn't better than a poor-quality knock-off. -- Avi Greenbury http://aviswebsite.co.uk ;) http://aviswebsite.co.uk/asking-questions --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
