String said: > Also, app markets have (unfortunately) become a numbers game in the > eyes of the public. It's important for Google to be able to say they > have 150,000 (or whatever) apps in the Market; clearing the dregs > would drop that number considerably, probably by an order of > magnitude. Although this would probably be a better situation, for > both devs and users, it's a net loss on the mindshare front. And > that's not unimportant to the decision makers.
But that kind of marketing is even less sophisticated than quantity over quality - all Google would be selling on is quantity alone, which is non-sense. I give mobile application users and developers more credit than to simply assume that most of them would only care about how many apps exist on a market. Once you've reached any figure over 10,000 - I think you've already established yourself as a dominant market in terms of popularity as a platform for publishing and downloading apps. I agree with William Ferguson that Google should go for a more sophisticated marketing approach for Android, and establish the Android Market as a compelling user experience that delivers professional apps that are not spam. Whether they do this through an approach of moderation or introducing clever algorithms is up to them - as long as it works I think it can only help to boost Android's market share as a whole. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
