On Nov 1, 6:08 am, appel <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, > the ad agencies want to be able track users across apps on the same device > but do they really need to? Well, if they are charging by pay per install, yes.
>Should be enough with ANDROID_ID even if it > isn't reliable on all devices. > Not that I want the ad networks to use this permission, but in what way is "ANDROID_ID not reliable on all devices" not a problem? If thousands of devices have the same ANDROID_ID, I don't want to pay for thousands of installs when I've only gotten one. And the Ad network doesn't want me to pay for one install when they've given me thousands. A better way to track it would be through referral tracking. But I have no hope of convincing the ad networks to use that when the Android Market team has BROKEN it. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19247 The Android Market and Google Maps both have READ_PHONE_STATE permission, and most people can't uninstall those. But of course, Google wouldn't track users. It's not like they are running a mobile ad network, right? ;) 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.
