Mark, The way I was looking at it was that Google are basically giving something for nothing in an environment where they have a profit generating option as well (i.e. they are competing with themselves).
With free apps Google have hosting and download bandwidth costs which generate zero revenue, whereas paid-for apps generate a slice to Google for payment processing, so I could see a limit on free apps per developer and unlimited pay-for app listings. Al. Mark Murphy wrote: > Al Sutton wrote: > >> Could anyone see something like this happening in Marketplace; >> >> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/23/google-puts-the-squeeze-on-free-apps/ >> > > Straight up, that's a bit of an apples-and-oranges comparison. In the > article you cite, Google is limiting the use of *its own apps* for free, > not limiting the use of other people's apps. Google wrote and hosts > Google Apps, AFAIK. > > Now, if this article were covering changes to Google App Engine instead > of Google Apps, then the comparison might be more direct, since Google > App Engine is all about people hosting their own apps for others to use. > > This is not to say that Google couldn't change the terms of the Market > down the road in various ways, for better and for worse. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
