[Upd2] Angry Android Developers Ally Against Google, Android Developers Union Formed

yeah Google needs to learn customer service. Its krazi how bad it is trying to get a real person

 

To me it would make some "cents" for them to spend some of that BIG $$$,$$$ they make, on REAL people to answer some more calls. It could be their way of "stimulating" our economy... dancedroid

 

Unionized Android developers? GROAN

 

Well yeah Google is notorious for lack of customer service...

 

This is all a ploy by big G to take over the software development industry...

Im tellin ya, they're just as bad as apple and microsoft.

On a side note, has anyone seen the recent articles about IBM's advancements in integrating nanoscale photonic data transmission into modern silicon electronics? Exciting stuff.

It's too bad that the research on the generation-hopping replacement for silicon/von neumann based electronics is taking off.

Only a matter of time, Skynet, and i got a bomb aimed straight at ya...




I kill threads

 

I sure wish Amazon's AppStore was a decent alterative to Google's, but its terms & conditions are absolutely horrible. We need a real competitor with decent terms. And one such term that needs to be negotiable (or a term with options) is the collection of outside funds. You simply can't get around it - it's always going to happen. As such, that needs to be a condition that can be "bought out of" for certain apps. That way, apps such as MMORPG games that sell in-game items can do so without worrying about violating AppStore rules. Likewise, if I want to sell an app on the AppStore, then I should be able to and just give whomever a 15% cut (or whatever is determined reasonable) for providing the sales channel for me.

In fact, I think the percentage should be tiered, based on the number of sales. Take only a 10% off the first 10,000 sales, 15% off the next 40,000 sales, and 20% off all other sales. Doesn't it make sense that the person selling your product should get paid more for selling more of your product? If you're a big-time product developer with large numbers of customers, then this makes a whole lot of sense. If you're a hobbyist developer without a ton of sales, this makes a whole lot of sense for you too.
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lost me with commie hat and raised fist

 

Lol, i was thinking the same thing...

 

out of curiosity what is the cut that apple takes on items sold in its market? do they have similar clause about selling from 3rd party sites? why not look into an alternative market? where apps can be sold

 

This isn't a "real" union. It can't be--none of these folk work for Google and can't be certified as a union. Now people can join uncertified unions, but there seems to be no attempt at affiliation, nor would it really be realistic to do so. This is just a publicity gimmick and nothing more.

If these guys want to form an association, then they could form something like a chamber of commerce, but it wouldn't be a union. Then the folks here could save their hate and derision for the chamber of commerce instead.

 

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