Re:Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
by rodh257 on Monday June 28, 2010 @03:09AM
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yeah this really sucks. Just got my first Android Phone, and am keen on getting stuck into developing for it, but I am Australian, so I'll have to go around the long way. If Google wants to catch up to iPhone in terms of apps available, it should be putting more emphasis on this.
Re:Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
by sundarurfriend on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @03:28AM
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Sidetracking a bit, is it possible for developers from those countries to display ads and raise revenue from them? It appears as though Google is encouraging that as the primary business avenue on the Android, and a lot of Android app developers make equal (if not more) money from ads as from sales.
Re:Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
by fierarul on Monday June 28, 2010 @08:26AM
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Wow, I didn't even know they don't cover the whole of the EU countries -- disappointing.
Unless you live in one of the countries listed on http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?an... you can't sell paid apps.
Too bad for all those Indian & Chinese developers who've built out the Apple AppStore's inventory. On Android those positions in the catalog get filled up with free, half finished apps that the developer abandoned when they realized they couldn't sell it.
And those free apps remove opportunities for paid apps to develop.
[1] Yes - I understand a lot of apps come from countries on the list. I still argue it excludes more than it includes.
[edit: corrected link to country list]