[SailfishDevel] Is support for commercial apps a TABOO subject?

Marcin M. marmistrzmar at gmail.com
Thu Jul 17 12:28:41 UTC 2014


When the Harbor becomes open for paid apps, will we be permitted to use
nemo-qml-plugin-configuration? Should we then put the apps' settings into
the "Settings" app or should they be handed inside the app?

--
Marcin


2014-05-29 9:22 GMT+02:00 Giuliettasw <users.giulietta at gmail.com>:

> Another cool thing could be possibility to have beta testing on end users
> (as for example steam does for games).
>
>
> Von meinem iPad gesendet
>
> Am 29.5.2014 um 2.32 schrieb Artem Marchenko <artem.marchenko at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi there
>
> > In the mean time, you have time to get your apps ready, tested and
> polished. Also,
> > let us know what additional APIs you need for your Harbour app so that
> by the time
> > payments are available, your app is ready to sail.
>
> As for harbour-related APIs and functions, subscription-based and
> try-before-you-buy would have been very nice [for me at least] as IMHO they
> motivate developers for continuous app improvement.
>
> I'd love to have platform support for something like WhatsApp is doing:
> have free usage for a substantially long time (a month at least, maybe a
> year), and then something like $1 or even $0.1 per half a year. That would
> motivate for paying only for the actually useful apps (you tried app for a
> long time and still use it) and for continuing development (if app doesn't
> improve, user uninstalls and goes for another app).
>
> Sure, how to implement it technically without touching user privacy too
> much is a separate story (who will check whether user still has the app
> installed/running?). One option could be to encourage implementing this via
> in-app purchase of subscriptions (a'la iOS?) that could be verified
> completely on device without contacting the home base except for the act of
> purchase.
>
> Cheers,
> Artem.
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Karl Granström <karl.granstrom at jolla.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ahoy!!!
>>
>> We see the payment support in store as a really important part of our
>> developer offering. We are currently working to support payments in our
>> Jolla Store and Harbour but there are a lot of things for us to do. Our
>> current target is to provide you the monetizing possibility durign the 2nd
>> half of  2014.
>>
>> In the mean time, you have time to get your apps ready, tested and
>> polished. Also, let us know what additional APIs you need for your Harbour
>> app so that by the time payments are available, your app is ready to sail.
>>
>> Br,
>> Jolla Store team
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24 Apr 2014, at 14:34, Mohammed Hassan <
>> mohammed.hassan at jollamobile.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 09:33:22AM +0200, tw_bolek wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> So my question is: is this some kind of taboo subject, or something of
>> as little importance that for over 4 months now no Jollan has said A WORD
>> about it despite numerous requests?
>> >>
>> >> A couple of my friends already gave up after waiting so long for even
>> just any information, and I must say that I'm slowly losing hope, too.  We
>> all understand and are aware of the enormous job Jolla has been doing, so
>> we're asking for just INFORMATION about the progress, even just if AT ALL
>> there are any plans to do it in a foreseeable future, and if so then
>> knowing even just as little as if it will take a month or half a year would
>> be all we need...
>> >
>> > There will be support for commercial apps and those will have copy
>> protection. This was
>> > mentioned bt Rainisto long ago already.
>> >
>> > I cannot give more info nor can I give an ETA for that though :/
>> >
>> > Cheers,
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