For someone like me just starting on chapter 3 of a "Learn Android" book this has been a very educational, enlightening... and frightening thread :(
The reason I came into Android is because I have a background in Java and didn't want to get stuck with Apple's iron first crap (CrApple) Looks like there is plenty of other kind of crap here :( On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Kevin TeslaCoil Software < ke...@teslacoilsw.com> wrote: > > I cannot think of another enterprise that earns that much > > money from you and won't support you. > > It's especially funny (? not the right word for it) when compared to > our users. We write apps that the user pays $1 or $2 for and then > demands customer support and updates for the rest of their lives. The > Google Market provides a service and takes 30% of our income, but > doesn't even provide a method of contacting support. 1 star. > > Like TreKing, I'm very appreciative of Dianne, Romain and others > Android developers that regularly post and help with Android > development. I'm always happy when I'm googling for help on something > and come across a post by one of them as I know it'll be interesting > and detailed. > > -Kevin > > On Feb 26, 9:33 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1000000 > > > > The fact that Google takes 30% of sales, which, for my app, is well > > into 5 digits/yr and you cannot get any kind of support, is > > despicable. I cannot think of another enterprise that earns that much > > money from you and won't support you. > > > > Hopefully, when the Amazon Market goes up and running, it will provide > > competition to the Android Market and this will all improve, but I am > > not holding my breath. > > > > On Feb 27, 10:44 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com > >wrote: > > > > > > Have you tried going to the Market support forum? > > > > > > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/label?lid=7dc8a5... > > > > > > There are people from Market support answering questions there. > > > > > LOL - Seriously? With all due respect Dianne, have you actually been > over > > > there? I spend about as much time there as I do here and I assure you, > there > > > is ***no one*** from the Market team answering *anything* over there. > There > > > was a time when you could count on "Dontae" to at least chime in with a > > > bulls*** canned "we're looking into it" response, but in the last like > 6 > > > months or so I have not seen a single response from a Google Employee > in > > > that "support" forum. > > > > > Sometimes, if you win a lottery, they'll respond to direct developer > support > > > requests when major stuff breaks (like the stats that are always > > > breaking). But no one, and I mean NO ONE, from the Market has ever > taken > > > even 5 seconds to answer questions only someone from Google could > answer, > > > like the points of the TOS discussed here (and this issue has come up > quite > > > a few times). > > > > > At least AFAIK - if you happen to know where these types of questions > have > > > been answered, I'm sure we'd all like to know where to go look. > > > > > I mean, look at what you, Romain, Xavier, and others do here: spending > your > > > own free time helping us out wherever you can with issues others can't. > I > > > presume you all do this because you care about the product and want us > to > > > have a good experience using it. That's why it truly boggles my mind > that > > > not a single individual on the Market Team gives enough of a damn about > > > *their* product to respond to even a single post. > > > > > So, unfortunately, the OP is absolutely correct. Support for the > Android > > > Market for both users and developers is essentially non-existent. And > this > > > lack of support (and for me personally the fact that no one on that > team > > > seems to give a damn) is the chief reason why so many developers have > such a > > > terrible perception of everything and anything that has to do with the > > > Android Market. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
