How Google has failed South African Android developers

[JerryMungo]

Hardly.... I actually despise android and use an iPhone... but I would personally hardly say google has failed SA developers... the barriers to entry in this market for them do not make sense more than likely

And I don't disagree with that btw. I do think it's a more complicated issue. Perhaps if they made a bit more noise about the reasons, they might facilitate change... then again.

 

[genetic]

Apple were prepared to go through the effort and Google weren't. Still doesn't make it a Google issue per se.

Both iOS and Windows Mobile Store have SA supported. It's purely a Google problem.

 

[Arthur]

Agreed.

Nothing stops Google other than their own unwillingness to make the effort.

They know local developers will continue to support Android anyway, so why bother going to all that trouble.

 

[Swa]

Hardly.... I actually despise android and use an iPhone... but I would personally hardly say google has failed SA developers... the barriers to entry in this market for them do not make sense more than likely

Which barriers? The barriers to entry are much more in offering a product for sale yet they managed that. I stand corrected on this but I bet there are no barriers at all in allowing SA devs to sell products on their platform.

 

[Vrotappel]

The sense of entitlement here.

 

[GreGorGy]

Unfortunately I have to be a bit circumspect here, but I'm going to try and address some of the questions raised:

1. Google SA can't really talk about this.

Why not?

Which barriers?

I'd also like to know what these barriers are and how the other players overcame them.

 

[Swa]

The sense of entitlement here.

Strange comment. More a sense of a free market. As an SA developer I'd much rather develop for iOS and Symbian and kick Google to the curb if they don't think we're important enough.