> following their rules for what is and isn't allowed seems fair
It depends on how you look at it. That is literally the deal, yes, but it's a poor deal for developers of free apps.
We make Android's platform more valuable, for free, and in return we have to constantly rewrite our apps because of poorly-thought out policies that keep changing.
The suspicion is that many of these changes are unnecessary and a result of Google's notorious "promotion-driven development".
I think the most annoying aspect of it is that Android changes so often and so fast that they can't even keep their own documentation in sync.
It depends on how you look at it. That is literally the deal, yes, but it's a poor deal for developers of free apps.
We make Android's platform more valuable, for free, and in return we have to constantly rewrite our apps because of poorly-thought out policies that keep changing.
The suspicion is that many of these changes are unnecessary and a result of Google's notorious "promotion-driven development".
I think the most annoying aspect of it is that Android changes so often and so fast that they can't even keep their own documentation in sync.