Google Pushes Play Front And Center
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Google seems to be playing the Ubuntu route recently, throwing things against the wall, obviously building to something greater, but still pushing unfinished works into production without stressing (like they used to) that the product is not yet finished. I don't like it.
Whether they like it or not, Google has a huge presence in every market, and they can't pull things like this anymore.
Uhmm... they can and did. It's hardly traumatizing users. It's a good time to do it since the masses unfortunately love Angry Birds... They click the link and realize "Oh look, it's like Google iTunes".
Why should they not leverage the crazy traffic they have?
English might not be your first language, so I want to be sensitive of this. We have what is called a turn of phrase, or a memorable statement which represents an idea. In this case, when I say "you can't do that", it is similar to how your boss might call you into his office to complain that you deleted the company's production server. He might say "you can't do that", even though you obviously just did. What he means is "you really shouldn't have done that, and you should have known better."
Why should they not leverage the crazy traffic they have?
They can and should. What I'm representing is that the way they have chosen to leverage that traffic is confusing. Selling Android apps on a PC storefront which also has its own apps causes confusion as to whether or not the apps will work on your PC. In this case, they specifically use the name Android in several places, and I didn't see anywhere that it said "works on your PC" or "doesn't work on your PC".
It's a good time to do it since the masses unfortunately love Angry Birds
They've had a webapp store which sold Angry Birds for the PC. Combining the two caused me confusion. If it causes me confusion, it likely causes other people confusion as well.
If you expand the compatibility box does it list your tablet?
They still have that store. It just isn't merged with Play yet.
I don't think it matters what platform the apps support. Eventually I see there being a single entry for Plants vs Zombies, (for example) you pay once and can install the Chrome app, the Android app, or the Google TV app.
I hated the brief time they had the drop-down menu. I use Gmail, Docs and Maps a lot (and search, obviously).
I dislike the name "Play", it doesn't convey what it does as well as Market.