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The Benefits of an Open Market, Revisited

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www.thepowerbase.com; By Sean Catlin
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Two years ago I wrote a post giving some of my thoughts on the benefits of the Android Market, now known as Google Play. The general idea of the post was that while there are some problems with Google Play, there are also some great benefits for developers.

Two years ago I wrote a post giving some of my thoughts on the benefits of the Android Market, now known as Google Play. The general idea of the post was that while there are some problems with Google Play, there are also some great benefits for developers.

One of the larger benefits that I see is that there is no delay between the time that I upload an app and press the “publish” button and when the update is available on a users device. With the Apple App Store, there is a review process for applications, so it takes days or even weeks from the time that you have submitted a new application– or even an update to a current application– and when the submitted application is available for a user to actually install it on their device.

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