My app has a 4 star rating and 250+ downloads, I can't afford the $99 and I'm what your elitist attitude would consider a 'hobbyist'. On Jan 7, 2011 6:55 AM, "Carmen Delessio" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm responding to the merits of using Amazon, not whether it makes sense for > each individual developer. > > But, that leads to an interesting phenomenon: > Developers that don't have $99 will not put their apps on Amazon. > That will keep "hobbyist" apps off the market and will make Amazon the place > for developers who already have some success or who see appmaking as a > business. > > The $99 is the first step in filtering out "hello world" apps. > The Amazon approval process should also improve quality. > > Most importantly - why don't you check into this. I'm pretty sure I read > that the $99 was not being charged year 1. > > Carmen > > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Matt Pellerin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's great for you, it isn't for Devs with no extra money. >> On Jan 7, 2011 6:41 AM, "Carmen Delessio" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > The Amazon Android Market has3 things going for it: >> > - Purchasing from the web rather than a device >> > - Amazon's incredible ability as a merchandise/marketer >> > - they sell a lot of Android phones >> > >> > I use Amazon for shopping the same way I use Facebook for social >> > networking. It is where I go first. >> > Their user interface, recommendations, and relevance always give me >> > something to check or look at. >> > If the people who purchased phones on Amazon are a bit like me, then this >> is >> > a good market. >> > >> > Amazon may become my Android browsing experience - wherever I end up >> buying. >> > >> > Carmen >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:29 AM, aman <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Ignore it. +1 >> >> >> >> I don't think it's a good way to help out developers. It's more >> >> like Amazon's way of taking a cut from developers. Really, Market is >> >> now covering the majorities of the world from what it seems. There >> >> is no point of paying extra $99 a year and spending lots of time >> >> updating your apps elsewhere everytime you make a small software >> >> change. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 7, 1:29 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > My view is that it's not a great place for developers. I've written a >> >> longer explanation athttp://blog.alsutton.com/2011/01/05/926/but in a >> >> nutshell the yearly $99 fee seems to be not worthwhile, the ability for >> them >> >> to control pricing could be bad news for individual developers, I have >> >> concerns over listing as a non-US developer, and I'm a little suspicious >> as >> >> to why you need to sign up to the portal just to view the T&Cs for >> >> distribution. >> >> > >> >> > Al. >> >> > >> >> > On 6 Jan 2011, at 20:47, Rich wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > What is everyone's take on the Amazon Android market? Are you >> waiting >> >> to see how it goes before adding your apps, ignoring it entirely, or >> already >> >> adding your apps? >> >> > >> >> > > -- >> >> > > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> > >> >> >> . >> >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> >> groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> > >> >> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Carmen > http://www.twitter.com/CarmenDelessio > http://www.talkingandroid.com > http://www.facebook.com/BFFPhoto > http://www.twitter.com/DroidDrop > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >
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