Either write good apps to lure people in, or give away free Android devices as a loss leader to selling apps.
Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evil Mushroom Lord Sent: 02 April 2009 14:30 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: The Android Market is a churn machine Stoyan--- that is exactly the vicious cycle I'm theorizing. "users might be waiting for the better apps and games and won't buy what's available. On the other hand, if the Market doesn't prove itself as a decent revenue source, no one will develop those better apps and games. " So, how to break the cycle? ~Evil Mushroom Lord Mushroom Wars: The Splatting On the android market now! http://www.evilmushroomempire.com/splat/screenshots.html On Apr 2, 8:23 am, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Blake B. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure I would make a big deal about an average of 40 vs 37, > > definitely not enough to throw out a dramatic term like "churn > > machine". Those aren't far apart statistically. > > > Besides, Market apps were all free for so many months that I'm > > surprised the gap is not larger. Maybe Al's point about storage > > space is keeping the gap closer, I know it has affected my d/l > > decisions at times... > > It might not be just the lack of space. > Perhaps it's a classic catch 22 for both users and developers at the > moment - users might be waiting for the better apps and games and > won't buy what's available. > On the other hand, if the Market doesn't prove itself as a decent > revenue source, no one will develop those better apps and games. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
