On Feb 1, 9:40 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's only bad if Google competes with and kills the existing viable projects > and apps already in the Market, replacing them with their own.
Really? So there won't be any future independent apps that are viable? Or is it okay for Google to crush and/or preempt them? > If Google > pulls this, then they are going to have some problems with the community. > And what would the community do about it that would bother Google? > In general, though, developers have had several years to build good apps and > to compete. This is more than enough time to get a solid footing. So as of February 1, 2011, it's not worth starting any new apps that you didn't start a year ago? (rhetorical question, I know.) > But most > of the apps are still pretty bad, so no big loss there if Google moves in > and kills them off with something better. > A bad or mediocre app from Google would still get >250,000 downloads, just because it has Google's brand and is free. From the users' perception, you'd think that Google was a charitable nonprofit, and those collecting a buck or two from an app were greedy developers taking advantages. This is a negative for independent developers, but its not all or nothing. Many people have made money off software in the PC World even when Microsoft might have been able to crush them at any moment. Then again, some others . . . 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.
