First, I sell apps in the Android Market and do well. Lots of people pay.
Second, having a web interface just makes it easier for people to search and find apps with ease from their computer.
It will REALLY help me because I can now easily link to my apps from Facebook and Twitter, and it looks like users will be able to click INSTALL and have the app go right to their phone so the next time they are ready to play, it's there waiting for them :)
That's why I like it, I remember reading about Google Translate on HN (on my desktop). I got out the phone and searched, but linking to https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.app... would definitely improve the conversation (and conversions).
dpcan: You make a good point about linking to apps from Twitter and web sites. I didn't think of that. Thanks for your thoughts.
Glad to know you are doing well on Android Market. I'm still confused at my personal tendency to readily make app purchases on my iOS devices but not on my Android phones. But then again, I guess we aren't the average mobile user these days.
I have a feeling you don't use your N1 all that often since you think it's a "shitty phone", so why would you buy apps for it over your iOS devices. Your logic is flawed, and you clearly have a bias toward iOS devices, so your opinion is pretty moot at this point.
I make far fewer purchases on my Android devices over my iPhone as well. It's just that the AppStore continually updates their Featured pages, and I'm constantly buying from there. On Android, the same scrolling apps at the top have been there a long time, and all you have are the categories that seem to stay the same (like the AppStore, BUT there isn't a Featured This Week section or anything)
if you install the new market widget, which came by default on my Nexus S, you'll see a new featured app every time you swipe to the homescreen with the widget on. I've bought about 5 apps from this alone.
Once I bought my first android app (a $.89 game or something) I opened the floodgates, and now buy more apps for my android than my iOS devices (kindle books notwithstanding), so each to their own.
Second, having a web interface just makes it easier for people to search and find apps with ease from their computer.
It will REALLY help me because I can now easily link to my apps from Facebook and Twitter, and it looks like users will be able to click INSTALL and have the app go right to their phone so the next time they are ready to play, it's there waiting for them :)
I love it.