Yup, and it was close to zero. There are now so many app stores covering Android it's difficult for developers to sort out which are good and which are bad. I've had a call & 2 emails today from a carrier store who didn't seem to realise that only offering devices with Market pre-installed meant that listing in their store as well had little-to-no value to me (that's the reason we focused on getting AndAppStore installed on devices without Market pre-installed).
Most developers seemed to think Market gave them all they needed and so didn't even want to try alternatives. Al. On 20 Jan 2011, at 14:36, Eric Wong (hdmp4.com) wrote: > > On Jan 20, 10:39 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> You need the authors permission for each and every application which makes >> it extremely time consuming (yes, you still need it even if the application >> is free). > > Did AndAppstore ever tried to ask every author who have top Android > application for permission to list their apk on AndAppstore? > If yes, what's the success rate? > >> >> The other thing is bandwidth costs. I know from AndAppStore this isn't >> trivial when you start looking at tens of thousands of users, and covering >> those costs isn't easy. >> >> Al. >> >> On 20 Jan 2011, at 11:31, Eric Wong (hdmp4.com) wrote: >> >>> Can someone tell me if there is anything that would stop someone from >>> setting up a web site or store which is basically a backup archive of >>> different versions of free Android market applications? >>> (Yes, free application only. No paid apks) >> >>> i.e. someone/user download applications from Android market, backup on >>> his phone, upload it online and then share it to the public. >> >>> If there isn't, why didn't web sites like appbrain, androlib.com, >>> cyrket.com provide the apks to download? >>> If there is, can someone explain? >> >>> I know there are some kind people who have setup such web site to >>> share their Android applications backup, so that those without access >>> to Android market can access apks, but I have yet to see a large scale >>> version of this.... >> >>> Would someone me tell me why? or is there already one somewhere? >> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> athttp://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. > -- 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.
