When you consider what 30% is of the average app, it amounts to 30 to 60 cents. Credit card processors charge a per transaction fee that even large users are subject to. This varies from 10 to 30 cents. Also, the credit card companies get somewhere between 2.1% and 4% as a transaction fee. Since the volume of sales on Android market are extremely low, and the number of devices that aren't on carriers are also very low, doing the math reveals that even for those devices, the gross income from sales is probably less than the cost to account for it.
The vast majority of transactions handled by the Android market are for free apps with zero revenue for anyone. Who's footing the bill for all that activity? There are servers, bandwidth, engineers, techs, accountants and probably a small army of people involved with this system. Who's paying for all that infrastructure? Google provides the market app more for the convenience of the users and developers, not a source of revenue. When you consider this, then the money angle sort of vanishes. I would suggest that the old saying about catching more flies with honey than vinegar holds true. It would be better to have a petition that has a positive note with requests for things rather than demands and anger. Of course, that's just my opinion. -John Coryat -- 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
