Google failing to pay Android developers

I get my payouts from Google.<p>The reason there is so much frustration among Android developers is merely due to the lack of communication from the Google Android Team about anything.<p>We feel like we are on our own, in the dark, and not important. Every problem feels like a HUGE problem because there is no open line of communication. We scream for help into the Market forum which might as well be a black hole.<p>Why not talk to us?<p>How hard would it be to post often to a popular thread on the Market forum? How hard would that be? What's the hang-up? Just a little bit more of a human touch and Android devs would all get to breathe easier and we'd love developing on Android even more.<p>It's so simple. Talk to us.

I have an app in the webOS app store. Palm/HP have been absolutely great about payouts. There have been two problems with the payments so far, both due to technical issues, and they have been addressed promptly and professionally (they sent us money).<p>Last issue was just last week, where their online interface reported inflated sales numbers. A few days ago I received an email saying that HP will send us the difference in the next payout, even though the actual payouts were accurate based on actual download numbers.<p>They also had the Hot Apps contest running where both of my apps won. The payouts were prompt, they even sent more to take care of PayPal fees. So in the end I got the exact dollar amount in that I won in my bank account.<p>They've been good to developers in general.

They also changed my google checkout payment schedule for non-android payments to "next month payouts", meaning bills for development were delayed up to 30 days from when the client got them to me.<p>Google doesn't feel like they "get" this "people want and need their money thing".

This + the search problem (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811756" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811756</a>).<p>Google seems to forget that apps make a OS popular, not the OS itself.

I see nothing to prove this has been happening more than a week. Just some claims that it's been happening since last year, which might have been a different problem altogether.<p>Google's working on it.

One thing the article mentions is that there is a semicolon that can be seen, indicating it is a web-based order. That is not the case universally, it seems - my web-based orders do not have a semicolon after the app name on the order summary page.<p>You can tell, however, that it is a web-based order by the full customer contact info (including real email), as well as the additional developer-specific order number at the bottom of the page, when viewing the order details.

I haven't had any problems with Edgy and got a deposit yesterday.