I had my G1 since Jan this year. I visit the market at least once every day. Downloading apps to try people’s new idea is fun most of the time, but not always. Because some software are defectively unusable.
Google is not like Apple, it allows developers to publish their apps to the market with little restriction. Some have serious bugs as they’ve not been fully tested before release. This results in a mess-up in some consumers’ devices, which leads to dissatisfaction to their purchase. I sometimes feel annoyed by it too. Thanks to my loyalty to google’s services, I haven’t betrayed my G1, YET.
I read from TechCrunch.com that most of G1 owners enjoy downloading apps. But 43% only download free apps. Google launched its paid software only two months ago after it released RC9 update. All the purchases are allowed for a full refund within 24 hours ONCE. I have only bought one game from the market just for a try. It’s very addicting so I kept it. I also tried some other paid apps and games but they were like crap, function and stability wise.
App developers could be irresponsible, but Google can’t. For the sake of its consumers, Google should set up some kind of quality control for its app market. The sooner the better.
