Sounds like the perfect opportunity for a "proxy publisher" for Android applications. For example, somebody could register domain www.ProxyAndroid.com and use it to allow developers to easily publish to each of the app stores.
Great, now I have to convince myself not to go out and register that domain (it's currently available :-). In the end, competition is almost always good for the consumer. For example, how will GMail one-up Facebook's announcement of offering email to keep people on GMail. There's a potential huge ad revenue loss to Google. Aaron Bartell www.MowYourLawn.com/blog www.OpenRPGUI.com www.SoftwareSavesLives.com On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got an email saying Toshiba are launching yet another app store > with Handster (whoever they are). This means that there is now (or > will be) at least: > > The offficial Google market > Verizon "V Cast" market > Toshiba/Handster market > Vodafone 360 store > Getjar > and lots of other smaller ones. > > None of these seem to offer anything particularly new, and all, afaik, > use 70/30 revenue sharing. As a developer I don't want to have to > upload my app a million times, and I don't want users to have to > search many app stores for apps. Finally, I don't really want Google > to lose their leverage over Android to the likes of Verizon and > Vodafone. Therefore I'm not going to upload my app to anywhere other > than the Android Marketplace. > > Discuss. > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
