[watmough]

Speaking from my own iPhone App Store experience, the US, Australia, Canada and the UK are by far the biggest customers, with the US obviously having by far the largest single installed base, and therefore the largest demand for apps.

If these countries are covered for buying Android apps, and per the article they are, then Android should be doing just fine.

For this reason, I'd disagree with the premise that the Android marketplace problems are caused by not supporting paid apps in countries that are marginal buyers at best. It seems much more likely that Android apps get pirated, simply because it's relatively easy.

I'm interested in writing for Android, but I'm holding off until I see some evidence that the Google DRM actually works and allows application writers to be paid for their work.

edited to give my reasoning on why I respectfully disagree with the article. ;)