Oh please.... This is ridiculous. Sure, Android development and Google has its problems. But it is by far better than any other development platform out there.
I have friends who develop for WebOS, iPhone, and Windows Mobile 7... Android development (and even the meager support received) is far superior and we have a lot less crap to deal with than the others. Good luck on a worthless cause... On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Rich <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, fellow Android devs! > > I'm sure many of you, like myself, have been fed up with Google > because of their > lackluster support for the Android market. > In response, I am forming a Union of Android Developers. The demands > are laid out here: http://www.andevuni.org/ > This is the statement of intent: > > We, the members and supporters of the Android Developers Union, > are fed up with the conditions of the Android Market. We are tired of > being treated like sharecroppers on Google's digital plantation! We > have compiled a list of seven demands which Google can implement to > improve the Market. Implementing these demands will absolutely improve > the working conditions for Android developers, thereby improving the > Android ecosystem and giving a better experience to our customers. > 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. > These are our demands! They are simple and they are attainable, so > we hope that Google will do the right thing! > > * Renegotiation of the 32% Google-tax on applications sales > * Remedy to the Order of Entry Effect > * Public Bug Tracking > * Increased Payment Options > * Codified Rules and a Removal Appeal Process > * Communication and Engineering Liaison > * Algorithmic Transparency > > Please! Join the mailing list, sign the petition, and make a stink! > We are doing this because we _love Android_ and we want it to thrive, > which it can't > do until we developers and our customers are treated fairly and given > a reasonable > place to sell our wares! > > Thanks very much for your attention!. > Rich > > -- > 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
