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I think you should read this: http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67 http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67 It's a shift that we tech people need to be aware
by glhaynes 17y ago
I think you should read this: http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67 http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67
It's a shift that we tech people need to be aware of. People are getting far more than 99c of value out of goofy little fun or even one-time-use apps. How much value is there in something that you can show to your kid, your partner, your friend, your potential love interest and make them laugh! I know much of it's not particularly appealing from a computer science / software engineering standpoint. But from a human standpoint, this is fascinating and wonderful.
There's room for (somewhat) sophisticated productivity apps and the like on phones, but there is also a big, big market for stuff that's just fun! Unless human nature changes in 6-12 months (either users decide they don't want fun little novelty apps or developers decide they don't want to make the money from selling them) I think the App Store is rather unlikely to become "unused".