On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
> First of all, that's the whole point. If Google, who made the damn SDK in > the first place, doesn't make THEIR market app the explicit handler of > market url's, then why is it ok for Amazon to enforce that kind of behavior. > These are two companies setting policy for how their particular stores and apps work. It's theirs and they get to set the rules, same as how you set the rules for how your app works. > And on top of that, they expect me to compile a separate branch of code > specifically to upload to their market to support that. > Really, this shouldn't require a separate branch. For example, I am adding a "Market" class from which I'll derive the markets I'm building for. Each class can define it's name and app detail page link, among other things. Setting the right one should take 2 seconds of changing a static flag before building the app release. Used correctly, through the magic of polymorphism, it should just work. > AND, after that first introductory year or if I join later than the first > batch of early adopters, I have to pay them $99 too. How does that not > qualify as totally lame? They're enforcing Apple-esque rules where Google > is not, and on Google's own platform. > Qualifying as "totally lame" subjective, I think. You are complaining about the restrictions of the new store as if either a) you've been publishing on the store for years and they just pulled the rug out of under you or b) someone is forcing you to put your app on this store. Neither is the case here. If you don't like their rules, don't put your app on their store. It's really that simple. > But........if you do buy apk's from Amazon and you don't have their market, > how the hell is the average user expected to install the app? They have to > be running some kind of app to install stuff they bought on Amazon, so > essentially, there's not really a case where they won't already have > Amazon's software installed on their phone. > I assume it to be technically possible to buy from Amazon's store directly from a browser from your device, which would let you download the APK and use the built-in installer to install the app - no extra app required. Although I'm sure they'll put out a companion app to facilitate the whole process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
