One thing I do have an issue with when it comes to subscription based apps is how much? A dollar a month is too much when you look at apps like Angry Birds who have over a million people using the app every month. A quarter maybe...It adds up fast...
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- "I'm Irish, I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life" -The Departed -- 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.
