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In some ways, I feel that this is a systemic problem with mobile app developers. Most these guys have barely any interest in technogy or innovation. As long as

In some ways, I feel that this is a systemic problem with mobile app developers. Most these guys have barely any interest in technogy or innovation. As long as they can code something up and make a quick bug they are happy. They should have seen this coming when all their apps had to go through the playstore if they were serious about it. If they are half as serious about this as usual opensource community they would have built a reasonable alternative to it. It's a disgrace that Android, something paraded as opensource, has taken away the very things it promises to give the community: choice and liberty.

gambiting 8y ago
Android does offer those things. Google play store does not. They are two separate things.
- smadurange 8y ago
  Then I'm sure these guys wouldnt have to write this up. The reality of Android is you need Google's approval if you want to develop for it in a commercial capacity. The rest is just theory.
  - gambiting 8y ago
    That's like saying that free market doesn't exist because you need a permission from your local council to run a business. There are other companies that have built their own stores on top of android - you are free to sell your applications there, or to make your own store. Android as an operating system does not limit where you can sell or buy apps, unlike iOS where you only get one source.
holoduke 8y ago
What a pile of crap you are saying. Generalizing entire groups. Very offending to some of us. The mobile dev industry is filled with talented and motivated Devs. What you say is not right. I would be the same as declaring you to the group of nerdy usually ugly developers working in dark rooms with pizza boxes everywhere. No interest for business and no interest for girls because they are all porn addicted.
- smadurange 8y ago
  I'm not trying to offend any dev in particular. If you think you are a competent dev good for you and I'm not disputing that. My point is as far as I can see Android as a development platform is in a pile of mess. Get together and build a reliable, secure Playstore. Android is opensource right? So take back some control. Do you hear Linux community whining about Redhat or IBM?

gambiting 8y ago

Android does offer those things. Google play store does not. They are two separate things.

smadurange 8y ago
Then I'm sure these guys wouldnt have to write this up. The reality of Android is you need Google's approval if you want to develop for it in a commercial capacity. The rest is just theory.
- gambiting 8y ago
  That's like saying that free market doesn't exist because you need a permission from your local council to run a business. There are other companies that have built their own stores on top of android - you are free to sell your applications there, or to make your own store. Android as an operating system does not limit where you can sell or buy apps, unlike iOS where you only get one source.

holoduke 8y ago

What a pile of crap you are saying. Generalizing entire groups. Very offending to some of us. The mobile dev industry is filled with talented and motivated Devs. What you say is not right. I would be the same as declaring you to the group of nerdy usually ugly developers working in dark rooms with pizza boxes everywhere. No interest for business and no interest for girls because they are all porn addicted.

smadurange 8y ago
I'm not trying to offend any dev in particular. If you think you are a competent dev good for you and I'm not disputing that. My point is as far as I can see Android as a development platform is in a pile of mess. Get together and build a reliable, secure Playstore. Android is opensource right? So take back some control. Do you hear Linux community whining about Redhat or IBM?