Nothing, but when he's charging $5 for an app with info that you could google easily, you really kind of see what he's after. If you look at the feedback for his other apps, there's a recurring theme - he's almost a scam artist...
Just saying. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Rob Franz <rob.fr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was going to let this thread die but I saw this and had to add on to it >> because I think it reinforces the need for better filtering options in the >> Market. >> >> I posted this originally because I came across one particular developer (I >> won't mention the name, but you can find him easily) who's released a number >> of applications charging $4.99 for most of them, which are basically >> slideshows with some text and audio. I believe about 98% get 1 star. >> While I've not downloaded any of them, I do get a laugh out of some of the >> comments that people leave - apparently they are god awful. >> >> So today he released an app called "Swine Flu" - of which the goal was to >> provide "information that how to stay safe against Swine Flu including >> symptoms, causes, protection, and treatment." >> >> Seriously? That's a bit tasteless. I'm not for banning developers but we >> really need something to filter crap applications like this... >> > > I haven't tried this app or any other of his apps, but what's wrong with > providing information about swine flu? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
