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Rob from Gliph here.

This makes good sense, but it also suggests that Google is more than willing to handle these headaches without profit incentives.

While I'm here, if anyone's interested, I'll answer questions live about our experience with Apple on this: https://gliph.me/ibo.

You may want to review this blog entry to see if your question is already answered: https://blog.gli.ph/2013/12/09/the-state-of-bitcoin-mobile-a...

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Or google doesn't really care, they'll just kick out any app that is bringing troubles when it comes. The play store is already some kind of wild west, they have no image problem and they'll be able to take any radical action they want to avoid the shit hitting the fan without getting the news sites on their back for 3 months.

>> This makes good sense, but it also suggests that Google is more than willing to handle these headaches without profit incentives.

I'm not an Android developer, but judging from what I've read about the experience Android developers have with the Play store, Google basically doesn't care about after-sales support for customers at all, and unloads about every kind of headache imaginable directly onto the developer (including payment problems, refunds, broken IAP, etc).

No one cares about the Android marketplace.

Citation needed.

China.

That doesn't make any sense. Android phones sold in China don't have the Google Play store, thus Play doesn't matter anywhere?

Don't try using logic here. We are bashing Google Play store here. Any facts, logic and common sense are not allowed. As they say in the classics, we have left the reserve.

This is like asking for a citation for what color the sky is. It's common knowledge and accepted fact. The Android store (Play store? Google store? Idk wtf it's even called anymore) is a complete joke and an embarrassment to app stores everywhere.

Even the design looks like it was whipped together by developers.

You are wrong (no citation needed either).

On the other hand, the apple store is complete joke. IDK how anyone can use a store where such basic application like bitcoin wallet is missing.

And this is why you're on Hacker News and not a billionaire, because you lack certain skills like understanding basic user experience and interaction.

PS: The only thing Bitcoin is relevant for is cheap publicity for your startup. Something as ugly and unintuitive as Bitcoin is not going to take off and become "the currency of the internet". Ever.

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