Comment by oemera | Hacker News Reader

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Oh come on guys! I thought HN is better then saying 'If you don't like it then don't use it'. Do you really think that this has any value? I don't want to be harsh but since when is this constructive criticism?

If you don't like this post please say WHY you don't like it and give some feedback HOW it would be better.

And now some Feedback to this website. I think it's fair to mention that Developers have to pay 30% of their earnings and getting nearly nothing for it. I mean I'm thanking Google that they are hosting the Android Market but taking 30% for just hosting something isn't fair anyway. They should lower the rate or give some more support to developers.

I really welcome criticism to any platform cause you can grow with it BUT without it you don't know what you are doing wrong, right?

To be honest I'm mostly an iOS developer but I developed already a Android App and successfully put into the Android Market for free.

> And now some Feedback to this website. I think it's fair to mention that Developers have to pay 30% of their earnings and getting nearly nothing for it.

They avoid having to pay credit card processing fees, which on a cheap app probably eat most of the 30%. They don't have to write their own payment handling code. They don't have to write and host their own download servers. They don't need to worry about things like re-authenticating downloads for users upgrading to a new device. They get their apps listed on the Market and thus have their app be discoverable in the place where most Android users will look for apps. They get access to the other Market infrastructure like in-app purchases and the licensing server.

You think that's not providing any value? Then it seems pretty reasonable to suggest that you switch to the alternative that you think provides better value. After all, Android does allow for alternative app stores and for side loading of apps.

> I mean I'm thanking Google that they are hosting the Android Market but taking 30% for just hosting something isn't fair anyway.

That's a strange definition of "fair" you have there.

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