4 ms·
You don't see a lot of that on the Mac, mostly because of the culture. A lot of the big players in the Mac development world have been developing software since
by generalk 16y ago
You don't see a lot of that on the Mac, mostly because of the culture. A lot of the big players in the Mac development world have been developing software since the 90s or earlier, so have a tangible sense of quality about their work. Newer developers are usually attracted to developing Mac software for that reason, and they don't want to disrupt it.
- smackfu 16y agoOTOH, Apple is pushing iAd pretty heavily for "free" iOS apps. Don't see why they wouldn't take that to the desktop.
- rbritton 16y agoIt's becoming increasingly more popular for developers to release a free, ad-laden version in addition to the paid version though. NetNewsWire is one example and Kiwi is another.
- calloc 16y agoNetNewsWire does its small ad in a very tasteful non-intrusive way. I have yet had the urge to throw the software away for the small ad. Whereas on the iPhone the iAds and other ads are annoying, intrusive and flashy.