Al, you are right again.
I can blame just my stupidity, that I thought that on Market is possible sell and buy and also that I believed that *We're working hard to add more countries, so please stay tuned! *is true. Often negative experience is more valuable than positive one and I thank for it. With all respect to alternative markets I don't think they are real alternative if there is not powerful enough subject in behind (I'm really curious how Vodafone 360 Shop will work, but I don't see any other *real* alternative). Have a good day Tom On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > I think the key thing to remember here is there are alternatives and > developers are free not to pay their 25USD and use another platform or app > store. > > It's true that other platforms may have other limitations, and other > Android app stores don't have the same reach, but at the end of the day you > can only choose from what's on offer, and if you don't like that you can > either actually do something about it by providing an alternative or you > have to accept that the platform is what it is. > > As far as I remember Google have never said the 25 USD fee is anything more > than a fee to list apps on Market, so it's not like they've mislead you, so > if you don't think it's value for money then don't pay and don't use the > service. > > Al. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > 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. > > On 22 Jun 2010, at 14:37, Tomáš Hubálek wrote: > > Al, > > you are right. I think that companies that invested millions have > (hopefully) better information from Google than we poor people have. > > But it is necessary to keep in mind that applications created by > non professional developers has much more than millions downloads from the > market. > > I believe that we are also contributing to Android success or fail (and > Google has the immodesty to ask 25 USD for permission to provide people free > only apps) and I think we should get at least some info. > > Tom > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> 2010/6/22 Tomáš Hubálek <[email protected]> >> >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> that they control it, are not quite sure how to profit from it. It is >>>> >>> >>> Not clearly stated business model in the ecosystem makes this >>> ecosystem untrustworthy and risky for investment. >>> >> >> >> Try telling that to the numerous OEMs who have invested millions (if not >> 10s of millions) in Android devices, and the carriers who invest hundreds of >> thousands (if not millions) in promoting those devices. >> >> I very much doubt the kind of investment you're considering comes anywhere >> near that level, so your choices are pretty much "put up with it" or "go >> elsewhere" because although the Googlers do listen to the rest of us we are >> a very small voice in the crowd when you factor in the guys who have to >> make, sell, and support the actual devices. >> >> Al. >> -- >> >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * >> >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >> number 6741909. >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Hubalek ([email protected]), http://blog.hubalek.net/ > http://facebook.com/thubalek, http://twitter.com/thubalek > http://www.linkedin.com/in/thubalek > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hubalek ([email protected]), http://blog.hubalek.net/ http://facebook.com/thubalek, http://twitter.com/thubalek http://www.linkedin.com/in/thubalek -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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