On 10/07/2011 11:07 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
I think rather than have two identical versions in the Market, which would no doubt confuse a great many people, I would strongly suggest that we implement a "pay what you want" sliding scale for our apps on both iPhone and Android. If X app store doesn't support it, then I'd suggest we set up our own app repository in addition at something like apps.wikipedia.org. (We should probably be doing that anyway to promote this work.)
Oh, speaking of different repositories, we should include it in http://f-droid.org, not just the normal Android App store!
I've never seen a sliding scale "pay what you want" system for the Android market of Apple App store. Setting up our own repository of Apps is fine, but creating our own market payment system with credit card information and so on seems like a huge overkill. (AFAIK you can't create your own repository and use Android market's payment system for that repository).
So I think we'll have to stick to fixed donation amounts. If someone really wants to contribute a different amount, he can just use at donate.wikimedia.org :)
-- Tobias