The easiest way to keep away the spammers is to ban them proactively. Is really easy to detect them, they have hundreds of apps.
On Jan 8, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Chister Nordvik <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I have submitted our app to 10+ appstores and they have all been a waste of >>> time (maybe except for the SE PlayNow but that was shut down). >> >> I'm going out on a limb and assume that these other app stores did not have >> have the size, user-base, brand recognition, and trust Amazon has. Or did >> they? > > Well, that may be true. And many of them were not very well executed. > But I feel that there is only room for one "main" appstore like there > is only room for one "main" social network (read: Facebook). You don't > search for your friends on Orkut or Friendster anymore because most > likely they will all be on Facebook. If all the apps are on the > Android Market, then that is where people will do their search. Amazon > can't just have 70% of the apps if they don't add any extra value that > Android Market doesn't have. If Amazon are too be successful they need > to: > - Block the Android Market by not bundling it with the devices (both > their own and making deals with other phone manufacturers). > or > - Launch a web app-store that indexes both Android Market and Amazon > Appstore > > That way people either can browse both or be forced onto the Amazon > one. > > We have 1.3 million downloads now on Android Market. No other > appstores has given us over 10.000 downloads. But still we do have > submitted our app to the Amazon Appstore just in case it turns out to > be a success :-) > > Personally I am a fan of a 99$ fee to keep away the spammers and junk > apps, but I guess it is too late for that in the Android Market > case... > > -- > 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.
