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I think that Apple should make what their customers at large want. That might mean that I cease to personally be their customer, but as a developer the AppStor
by ynniv 16y ago
I think that Apple should make what their customers at large want. That might mean that I cease to personally be their customer, but as a developer the AppStore is the least risky way to release a commercial product.
Ultimately I don't think that they will ever take away the ability to run arbitrary code on their desktop OS.
- tlrobinson 16y agoHow can you say it's the least risky way to release a commercial product when Apple has the ability to reject your product at will?
- ynniv 16y agoBecause you don't have to accept credit cards or enforce licenses? It is the least resistant path from someone's bank account to your bank account. The customer doesn't even take their credit card out of their wallet. Multiply that by the chance that they will accept your app (high), and you have good expected returns. As much as I want to sell offline web apps to any platform, that store doesn't yet exist.
- c1sc0 16y agoI think Apple could absolutely make a killing if they'd allow people to pay for other things with their iTunes account.
- chc 16y agoMy girlfriend has the ability to slit my throat at night without me having any way to resist, but I still think being around her is less risky than, say, walking across the freeway. A hopeless situation that is extremely unlikely to occur is less of a risk than a slightly-less-bad situation that is very likely. In practice, it seems like the difficulty of getting eyeballs and converting them into sales is generally much more likely to kill your app than having Apple reject it. Optimizing for the latter case is not rational unless you have a strong reason to believe your app will be rejected.