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So don't use the Market?

• lwhi 16y ago
  Android developers actually have a choice (unlike iPhone developers) - multiple markets exist. Competition between markets could plausibly create better conditions for developers. EDIT: eg. Verizon's Android Market (V CAST) and Amazon's upcoming marketplace.
  • Melkor 16y ago
    after looking at the site, i wondered where the 'made on a mac' footer was. interesting timing, considering the recent stories about the iAppstore. smells like personaware to me.
  • danudey 16y ago
    I feel like this would be theoretically better for middleman publishers but much worse for non-technical end users. I have to change a setting then download an app and set up an Amazon account just so I can download another app? Too confusing. Also, the Amazon store has, as I recall, the interesting caveat of the prices all being set by Amazon in the first place. You don't even get to decide what your app is worth, which a lot of developers wouldn't care for I suspect.
• metageek 16y ago
  That is what they're threatening: >If our demands are not met, we will move our applications to alternative marketplaces or the web, cease Android development in favor of other more open platforms, we will dissuade other developers from developing Android projects, and we will work tirelessly to counter any of Google's hypocritical claims about Openness in the media.