On Jan 27, 11:28 am, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/27/2012 11:43 AM, Nathan wrote: > So there's no doubt that having 200 apps, one for each search term, is > the smarter approach,
You've said it more eloquently than I have. Given Market conditions, I just see the "crappy" developer as doing smart marketing. Look at Google Books. Google has a Books app, preinstalled on a lot of devices, but they aren't taking any chances that we will go to that app and search for books. They have a whole section of books in the Market taht we can view individually. >and having that app be featured seems like > implicit approval of that behavior by Google. While I wouldn't count on one part of Google talking to another part, it's one indication. >Despite what the developer > agreement says about "repetitive" apps. It does feel like that > specifically bars 200 similar screen saver apps -- what else could it > mean? I'm highly doubtful that it means lines of code difference as measured by a decompiler. Or coding skills as rated by fellow (possibly envious) developers. Look at it from a user's perspective. A wallpaper is probably 90% (or more) content and only 10% code. Yes, it can vary. Not very many end users are going to see it as repetitive and mark it as spam. Only other developers would, so Google won't get very many spam reports. 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.
