MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman spoke to Business Insider about the difference between selling software on the App Store and the Android Market. Bowman’s message to Google: be more like Apple.
“I think some sort of curation process would make a lot more content publishers put content that’s valuable on the device,” he says.
Bowman also believes Android phone owners are less likely to pay for apps than iPhone users. He estimated that app sales are 5-to-1 in favor of Apple over Google, despite more Android phones now in owners’ hands than iPhones.
Google Should Run The Android App Store More Like Apple’s, Says MLB.com CEO [Business Insider]
Actually that pay comment makes sense. And is probably tied to the curation process. At least under Apple you have some guarantee of quality in the sense that 99% of the time it isn’t going to crash out of the box. And take your whole device with it. (things slip through so no system is perfect)