Jesse, the name Google is much more valuable then some of your better implemented features.
While in the short run you're right, in the long run the end user looses when the platform doesn't attract developers who are willing to bet their livelihood on their work. I really like the Mac culture where it is considered good style to pay for apps from little ISVs. The apps are roughly 50 USD and are polished, documented, not half-assed and relatively bug free. I would gladly pay for apps like that on my Android phone. And I bought lots of apps for my iPhone, but haven't found anything yet for Android. It might be me not looking good enough or the apps not up to the task. But one thing is for sure, if the atmosphere stays what it is (everything for free) this platform will not attract/keep serious developers and there won't be many great, polished apps. But maybe I am all wrong and the platform doesn't need this. Linux works too, without little ISVs. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Jesse McGrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 3:20 pm, Amir Alagic <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agre with Al. It will be hard to compete with Google. This is just > > one app. I am affraid that more apps are on the way... Ok, app is open > > soruce. So what? It also mean that it is free. How to compete with > > free apps? Create another free app that is better than Google's free > > app. > > > > Who wants to buy "John Doe" app when there is free app from Google? > > Microsoft, Yahoo and other find it hard to compete with Google and I > > don't think that an average developer can win... > > You could just as easily ask: who wants to buy *any* app when there's > a free app from *anyone* that does the same thing? > > Why should anyone, Google or otherwise, restrain themselves from > making a free app just so that other developers can sell the same > functionality? > > If there's a free alternative, that puts pressure on paid developers > to improve their products to justify the price. And if those > developers can't make their paid applications more valuable to the end > user than the free alternative, they have no business in that market > anyway; their presence is not helping anyone. > > Jesse > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
