[android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke?

[Al Sutton]

Justin, Whilst it's nice to see new people on the list, it's probably best to get a feel for how the list works rather than trying to wade in with how you think the world should work because all you're doing at the moment is getting yourself on peoples auto-trash lists. The Google engineers chip in when they feel we're straying from the path and we all respect their views because they have a genuine undeniable interest in seeing this community developer. If you compare this to what we know of you, which is that you are a little known developer from Idaho whose first post was less than a day ago, you can hopefully see why those of us who have been trying to help build this community for a while now may not see your opinion as worthy of a similar level of respect. Now, as this has gotten off topic, I'm sure you wouldn't want to reply here, would you? Al. Justin Allen Jaynes wrote: Stoyan, While I thank you for informing me of two OTHER choices, I prefer to continue to inform people ABOUT the charter so they will read it. It isn't too much to ask that people use the right forum for the right discussion. This IS a DEVELOPER forum: "You're now an experienced Android application developer. You've grasped the basics of Android app development, you're comfortable using the SDK, now you want to move to advanced topics. Get help here with troubleshooting applications, advice on implementation, and strategies for improving your application's performance and user experience. This is the not the right place to discuss user issues (use android-discuss for that) or beginner questions with the Android SDK (use android-beginners for that)." There IS an appropriate forum for "water-cooler" talk. It is not here. It is at android-disc...@googlegroups.com http://developer.android.com/community Stoyan Damov wrote: Justin, calm down, it's your 5th or so message "aaargh, this is a DEVELPER forum" - it's starting to piss me off, at least fix the typo :P If you think that more than 5% of all posters on this list have read the group charter you're fooling yourself. I've said it once - this is the only developer-oriented list (not to be confused with "development-oriented" or "SDK-questions-only-oriented" list, no matter what Google are thinking), so there *will* be such questions. If you don't think a post appropriate you have 2 choices: 1. If you're a moderator, delete the message 2. If you're a mere mortal like us, just mute the post (if using Gmail) Cheers On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Justin Allen Jaynes <jus...@ragblue.com> wrote: Actually, it is off topic and should not be here. Android-discuss would be okay, though. This is a DEVELPER forum. Please keep to DEVELOPMENT topic. A quote from the official description of the forum: "This is the not the right place to discuss user issues (use android-discuss for that)." For a full description of the PROPER use of this form, and of the android-discuss form, go to http://developer.android.com/community Sena Gbeckor-Kove wrote: Personally I don't think its an issue. I think it should stay in here and android-discuss unless there is already a place for it. S On 4 Mar 2009, at 17:24, John Lauricella wrote: Is it possible to start a new discussion group for folks who promote their own products that compete with the Android Market, so we don't get this constant conflict-of-interest commentary on how bad the Google system is... Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:38:49 +0000 From: a...@funkyandroid.com <mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com> To: android-developers@googlegroups.com <mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com> Subject: [android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke? I'm getting more and more tempted to open up paid-for apps on AndAppStore where all payments go directly to the developers account so they can set the T&Cs. Would this be something people would be interested in? Al. Semprebon wrote: It would be nice if some other pricing models were available (for example, subscriptions), but I just don't see a "no returns" or even a "no returns after 1 hour" model being very popular with users. I may be wrong, but I don't think most people see these products as consumables in the same way you do. On Mar 2, 11:41 pm, madcoder <paperga...@gmail.com> wrote: I believe there should be demos and full apps in the market. It shouldn't be too hard to do. If the user downloads the lite version then buys the regular version, there should be a 1-2 hour refund window (in case it doesn't work as promised). This is much better than the 48 hours refund policy that allows people to have their cake and not pay for it too. I really wish Google would address this. 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