4 ms·
The paid App Store or Android market will never be a revenue stream for Apple or Google. In fact it is probably designed to be break-even at best. They need int
by nonane 16y ago
The paid App Store or Android market will never be a revenue stream for Apple or Google. In fact it is probably designed to be break-even at best. They need interesting apps to push their respective platforms further - that's where the gold mine is for both companies (apple gets to sell more hardware and goog gets more searches)
- gamble 16y agoYep, the difference between them is that Apple had the luxury of waiting a year before tackling the app store (and experience with iTunes to draw from) whereas Google needed an app store on Day 1, albeit a store they could neglect.
- berntb 16y agoPoint, but they also got something existing to copy -- and be compared against.
- forgottenpaswrd 16y agoPoint, it is way easier(and far less work) to copy than to design something from scratch.
- berntb 16y agoThat was half of my point; the other half is that the copy will be compared to the original. When you steal a design and reimplement, only Microsoft (ten years ago, not now) got away with doing it worse...
- Tichy 16y agoThe Apple App store sucks, too.
- jberryman 16y agoI guess the app store has accounted for about 1% of Apple's profits since 2008: http://www.cultofmac.com/analyst-app-store-just-1-percent-of-apple-profits/47945 http://www.cultofmac.com/analyst-app-store-just-1-percent-of... Seems like a pretty huge return on investment, although a small percentqge of their overall profits. Hilariously most of Apple's percentage of an app sale goes to CC companies