That's a great idea. Would also be a unique selling point of the site.

@speedevil

It doesn't really matter if people are updating as apposed to actual downloads, people would still have to do something to get the update and it's at this point that the advertising would be shown, as I said through the app manager in some clever way or on a wbesite.

@phellarv

I agree the "put app here and have a chance to win $£$£" isn't the best but it does lead to apps/ideas being created, at the moment Smoku is updating his PSX4all maemo edition for a compo and it's this kind of thing we would want to attract. My point is that developers should be able to charge but at the same time it should be subsidised through advertising to keep the costs down as much as possable to attract more people.

Great idea, point me to the "community" app store and I'll be donating/contributing for several apps that I already use. The community have done a great job in bringing useful apps to us in the absence of a decent Ovi Store for 900, and deserve to be financially rewarded.

Interesting idea - I'm going to look into that a bit further.

Johnel, would just like to express my interest. I would be quite happy to pay in whatever way for decent apps in a decent appstore.

But i thinh that my next phone will be Android Froyo ... if there will be qwerty and built in memory about 32-64gb

I see a problem with the distribution of ad-revenue: It is easy to manipulate download numbers. While it is still possible to make this more difficult (forced registration, karma system,...), I fear that it is very hard to fully get around this problem.

Why not just try to add a donation system to Extras? This looks easy to setup, because it does not duplicate existing infrastructure.

I agree in the "distribute the wealth" problem. That's why I'm thinking a payment directly to the dev.

Using a donate button in Extras. Well it might work, but I think we will get locked down in the already existing way of doing things then. apt-get install, and not really caring on who makes the software. I firmly believe that an appstore made for the developers and by the developers, would take Maemo/(Meego) 1 step further.

Do we want to use an open source shopping cart?
(e.g. opencart)

Or does anyone have better suggestions?

dominik,
Ad-revenue to store upkeep and team who is responsible for it and different already implemented payment (e.g. paypal) to devels that want their packages to appstore.

I think extras donation system has been discussed many times but if things happen here at this speed it might actually happen in next year.*

*Slowslowslow