On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Chister Nordvik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, that may be true. And many of them were not very well executed. But I > feel that there is only room for one "main" appstore like there is only room > for one "main" social network (read: Facebook). You don't search for your > friends on Orkut or Friendster anymore because most likely they will all be > on Facebook. > I see what you're saying, but an app-store is not a social network - it's a place to sell a product. There's room for more than one grocery store out there, ain't there? Not every product will be in either store - they'll have a selection - and it's up to users to decide where to shop based on what they want and where it's available and what's most convenient for them. > If all the apps are on the Android Market, then that is where people will > do their search. > Of course, if all app are on the Android Market, that doesn't leave much choice. But if users don't have the Android Market, can't access paid apps based on their country, if the POS doesn't work and won't let users download apps, if they want an app that can't be place on the Android Market, if they don't like the 15 minute refund policy, or they hate using Google Checkout, they'll want another place to find those apps. That's a lot of ifs. > Amazon can't just have 70% of the apps if they don't add any extra value > that Android Market doesn't have. > See above, plus Amazon's already existing track-record of selling stuff to people (it's what they *do*), and the simple fact that they will have a freaking website that you'll be able to browse and download from. This alone is huge - I don't think I need to remind anyone here the browsing the Android Market on a phone with the ridiculous spam and the pathetic search is *painful*. > If Amazon are too be successful they need to: > - Block the Android Market by not bundling it with the devices (both their > own and making deals with other phone manufacturers). > or > - Launch a web app-store that indexes both Android Market and > Amazon Appstore > > That way people either can browse both or be forced onto the Amazon one. > I think it's funny people here (not just you) are commenting on what Amazon needs to do to be successful. I'm pretty sure they've thought this whole thing through and are not getting into the Android space to just let it be a failure. Of course that does not guarantee it will succeed - it could end up being an epic failure. But I'm sure we'll know by the end of the first free year whether it will be a success or not. > We have 1.3 million downloads now on Android Market. No other appstores has > given us over 10.000 downloads. > Of course - for now the Android Market is the de facto market and pretty much has a monopoly. > But still we do have submitted our app to the Amazon Appstore just in case > it turns out to be a success :-) > LOL > Personally I am a fan of a 99$ fee to keep away the spammers and junk apps, > but I guess it is too late for that in the Android Market case... > Yeah, that ship sailed, was pirated, and sunk to the bottom of the ocean a long time ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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.
