On Jan 26, 9:57 am, Brad Gies <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems that Google is at least aware of the problem (that almost > shocked me :), but not really sure what they are going to do about it :). >
>From the posting: >Speaking to "anxious app developers" at the Inside Social Apps conference in >San Francisco on >Tuesday, Android platform manager Eric Chu said Google is >actually "not happy" about the >limited number of apps actually being >purchased, according to a report by Forbes blogger >Oliver Chiang Not enough evidence for me. Standing in front of "anxious app developers" is enough to motivate someone to say that, even with no real intention of doing something about it. My question is Is Google *really* concerned about having a healthy market for paid apps? Why would they be? Don't they donate the profits from 30% of app sales to the carriers? On the other hand they own Admob and Adsense. Following the money, they should be all in favor of free apps with ads. Has Google tried charging money for any of their apps? Nope. Has Google diluted markets through its free apps, that might otherwise support paid apps? Yes. How many of the iphone apps are things like 'find the nearest pizza places'. Google Maps and Places strive to do all that and more. I believe that, compared to iPhone users, Android users use apps less and the browser more, and therefore perform more web searches. I can't imagine Google as a whole being sad about that. Or maybe they are concerned about having a healthy market for paid apps because it would allow developers to create better quality apps than they could on ad revenue alone, thereby increasing consumers satisfaction with the platform and encouraging developers to commit to the platform for the long term? Maybe so, but that is a pretty complex thought, easily drowned out by a simpler thought: "We make money on ads". Nathan -- 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.
