I know a lot of people are frustrated with the Android Market. I'm not sure how effective petitions are (we've seen a lot on these lists). If anyone is interested, I'll be launching ZappMarket this weekend. It's a complete Market, including client, that's focused on understanding and managing users (with a focus on paying users) - I'd like it to supplement the Android Market, where possible.
If you have problems with the Android Market, please sign up for the beta after the official announcement and be part of improving the experience. I'll respond to any and all suggestions and comments and keep everyone informed as to what's on the roadmap. Everything is open: how comments and ratings should be handled (or even if they are needed), statistics and graphs that would be useful, DRM, how to contact and manage end-users, adding trial buttons to application pages, how to manage users that have bought through the Android Market, etc. This system can do a lot, like match content to country, operator, device; it just depends on the feedback from developers as to how this should be managed. Initially paid apps will not be part of the launch. Developers of free applications are welcome to go ahead and put up their wares and to start giving feedback on what they want improved. Next week, for select developers of top-paid applications (send me an e-mail if interested), I'll launch some experimental features to get feedback on. I'll send out the official announcement with all the relevant information for signing up within the next day or so. Thanks, Shane Isbell http://twitter.com/sisbell On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:46 AM, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 4, 3:50 pm, Rob Irondad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you everybody for your constructive criticism. Looking forward > > to Google's response. > > Just checking in wondering how things are going. > At one point you'll probably want to close the thing. > > Don't expect anyone from Google to "respond" though. > I think this one would be more a case for the tech blogs big and small > to report on, so I suggest you post the results and reach out to them, > Engadget, Slashdot and so forth. > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- 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.
