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fantastic for him, seriously... but a sad reflection of the state of the AppStore in regard to utility/quality. stories like this bring gold diggers out of the
by pxlpshr 18y ago
fantastic for him, seriously... but a sad reflection of the state of the AppStore in regard to utility/quality. stories like this bring gold diggers out of the woodwork and pollute the store, imo.
not trying to be a pessimist here... just venting.
- Herring 18y agoI'm reminded of an onion article http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29448 http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29448
- rrhyne 18y agoWhy shouldn't any developer be able to make almost any app, then make money on it? If this app made 30k, build a truly great app and retire.
- ConradHex 18y agoAssuming that revenue scales with app quality...
- jedc 18y agoI don't think it's necessarily a "sad reflection" of the AppStore, it's just what happens when a brand new (and hot) marketplace opens. Some people make a killing for little reason or effort whatsoever. As time goes on the marketplace will evolve, and an application like that would never be able to be priced at $2.99 or get the kind of attention that it did in the very early days. Apple could have potentially prevented this with a little more visibility and/or less heavy-handed control over Apps going public, but probably not by much. It'll probably happen with the Android store, too, but now that people haven't learned it won't be quite so dramatic.