On Jun 12, 8:44 am, gosh <steve...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > >(our revenue is from ads in the client & customisation deals in case you're > >wondering). > > Then I'm assuming you must require the app publisher to make some > small addition to their source code - which is no big deal to the > coder. >
Nope. The ads are only in our client, and the customisation deals are with OEMs and hardware distributors for customer versions of our systems. Developers don't have to modify anything. > > If you also add in that Market does things that third party after- > > market app stores can't (automatic updates, copy protection, > > permissions-before-download installs), you can see that any company > > getting into the Android app store space is competing on a uneven > > playing field from day 1 on devices where they aren't integrated into > > the firmware > > If you already require a mod to the source as per above, you could > also add some phone-home 'occasionally' capability (your marketplace > home) ... which could implement a 'better' copy protection mechanism > than the Android Market currently has. AndAppStore already offers a purchase checking facility where developers can, if they want to, check against our database of purchases to see if the user has purchased a copy of the app for the specific device it's running on. > > Similarly, you could also use such phone-home code to implement a > 'better' updates policy - e.g. I find the current update mechanism in > Android Market a pain in the butt in that it tries to update apps 'too > often'. E.g. you could let the 'phone user' pick a minimum update > frequency which overrides those frenetic/frivolous updaters. > We're looking at adding a time selector in addition to our the on/off switch we currently have in the AndAppStore client for background update checking. Al. -- 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
