Thanks for this update! The Market has been increasingly harder to navigate due to these Spam apps. Let's hope they continue to clean this up. I wish users could easily block specific developers to hide spam.
- Jarrod On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Brad Gies <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just as an update to this. I was informed this morning by the market team > that the developer below... and I believe all his accounts have been removed > by the Market team. It also appears that several other Spam apps and > developers have been removed recently... so my guess is that the Amazon > Market and other pressures are causing Google to put some effort into fixing > the Market. It's overdue... but I hope people cheer them on and hold the "I > told you so's" :). > > > Sincerely, > > Brad Gies > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb > http://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.com > http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com > http://ihottonight.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) > > Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the > successful happy ones - Brad Gies > > Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad > Gies > > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can > change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret > Mead > > > On 08/01/2011 10:40 PM, Felipemnoa wrote: > >> Yes, I was talking about that kind of apps. >> >> On Jan 8, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Brad Gies<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well... I don't know about hundreds of apps.... maybe hundreds of package >>> names :). >>> >>> This guy only really has 5 apps.... but 449 package names and 4 Market >>> accounts. 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Those who use it well are the >>> successful happy ones - Brad Gies >>> >>> Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - >>> Brad Gies >>> >>> Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can >>> change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret >>> Mead >>> >>> >>> On 08/01/2011 6:19 PM, Felipemnoa wrote: >>> >>>> The easiest way to keep away the spammers is to ban them proactively. Is >>>> really easy to detect them, they have hundreds of apps. >>>> >>>> On Jan 8, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Chister Nordvik<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have submitted our app to 10+ appstores and they have all been a >>>>>>> waste of >>>>>>> time (maybe except for the SE PlayNow but that was shut down). >>>>>>> >>>>>> I'm going out on a limb and assume that these other app stores did not >>>>>> have >>>>>> have the size, user-base, brand recognition, and trust Amazon has. Or >>>>>> did >>>>>> they? >>>>>> >>>>> 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. If all the apps are on the >>>>> Android Market, then that is where people will do their search. Amazon >>>>> can't just have 70% of the apps if they don't add any extra value that >>>>> Android Market doesn't have. 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. >>>>> >>>>> We have 1.3 million downloads now on Android Market. No other >>>>> appstores has given us over 10.000 downloads. But still we do have >>>>> submitted our app to the Amazon Appstore just in case it turns out to >>>>> be a success :-) >>>>> >>>>> 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... >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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