"it's the difference between feeling like a partner or a pawn" Couldn't be put any better. I guess I'll customize my installation of Eclipse to have this pop up every time I load the Android workspace. BTW, the issue above is the single one most prominent reason for me to skip out on I/O for the last couple of years.
On Apr 4, 11:26 am, dadical <[email protected]> wrote: > It really is scary trying to build a business on vendors that only > seem to deal in the macro, and offer no meaningful option for > support. So far, from a support perspective, I'm not not impressed > with any of the main stream markets that I've seen, including Amazon, > Verizon, Apple, and probably worst of them all, Google. I'm willing > to cut Amazon just a bit of slack since they're so new, but I'm not > encouraged with their silence, lack of a timeline, etc. What an > incredibly effective buzz kill on Amazon's part. > > Despite our caustic rhetoric we devs are pretty understanding types if > we're not left completely in the dark. From a perception standpoint, > it's the difference between feeling like a partner or a pawn. I > realize that this is just perception, and that none of these > organizations are sitting around polished cherry tables sipping > brandy, smoking cigars and laughing maniacally as they conjure up some > new way to put the screws to the minions, but damn if it doesn't feel > like that any time that there is anything even slightly negative to > warn about, talk about, or clarify. > > Now, since I've gotten that off my chest, can I please have a free > pass to Google I/O? :) > > On Apr 3, 10:55 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Chris Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm surprised, kind of, that it's been this bad for 3-4 days. I've been > > > trying to push updates and it takes 20+ tries to simply get the > > > opportunity > > > to press publish. > > > Yeah, this is beyond ridiculous, even by Android Market standards. I managed > > to squeeze my update out eventually after trying for hours, but I have no > > idea how it looks from the user end. Usually there a many new comments with > > a new release - so far just one. > > > Meanwhile the threads on the "support" forum are stacking > > up:http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=73662... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=73662...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1deee... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1deee...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1deee... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1deee...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=23781... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=23781...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=0efee... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=0efee...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=65dd6... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=65dd6...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=02a23... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=02a23...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=78794...... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=68be6...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6adb0... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6adb0...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6767d... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6767d...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=78c2c... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=78c2c...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=240ad... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=240ad...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=06127... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=06127...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=445e6... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=445e6...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=564c3... > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=564c3...>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6e7ad...<http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6e7ad...> > > > The last two actually got the attention of a *gasp* Google Employee! These > > mythical creatures do exist! > > Of course, the extent of his contributions was "We're looking into" followed > > by "OK, should be fixed", to which many have since replied, (paraphrasing) > > "Uh, no, it's not", and that was the last we heard from him. > > > However, by Google standards, that's first class customer support! > > > I don't suppose anyone has seen any announcements? Blog post? Even the > > twitter twatter of little tweets somewhere? > > > The Market team has set the incompetence bar pretty high so far, but I think > > they've outdone themselves this time. Congrats! It takes true passion and > > dedication to so consistently and predictably fail at every opportunity with > > *zero* explanation or accountability! I am i*mpressed*! > > <http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=6e7ad...> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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.
