Comments on: Gameloft Cutting Back On Android Development Due To Low Returns

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By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:39 +0000

As a former Android user (I had a MyTouch 3G but very quickly grew tired of Android for various reasons – some of the supposed advantages of Android are actually negatives) I have to agree – the Android Market is a complete MESS. It’s especially bad since the bar for entry is so much lower. Android users like to tout how open the market is and how they don’t have to worry about Apple’s approval process but that approval process is there for a reason. It helps keep apps that are complete trash out. It helps keep apps that are mining data out. It raises the bar for what good mobile apps should be. Apple’s approval process can be improved, there’s no question about that but I would much rather have it than no approval process at all. Take a look at the Android Market and you’ll find the same developers submitting dozens of identical apps. If all you want are ’sexy girl pics’ apps that show you the same 5 photos while reading your address book & browsing history in the background, and you want Family Guy soundboard apps, the Android Market is the place to be. I’ve already experienced apps that spam. Apps with banner ads and ones that cause the browser to open (ah, multitasking!) to display advertisements at me. I haven’t run into that on the iPhone yet. Why not? Apple prevents it. I prefer that.