To make money through a website you (typically) need to put disgusting ads on it (apart from actually making the site and service). To make money in the app sto

To make money through a website you (typically) need to put disgusting ads on it (apart from actually making the site and service). To make money in the app store, you create the app (and service) and sell it. I like the latter a whole lot more than the idea of putting banners and ads on my website. I get your point, and agree with it to a certain extent; i just wanted to point out that mobile development (iOS, and to a lesser extent Android) and web apps are not necessarily very similar from a business perspective[1] and that sometimes it makes sense to target 1 million iOS users instead of 60 million web users. [1]: Of course, you can sell subscription on web too. It's just that far more people are willing to purchase a $5 Instapaper app on the app store (or upgrade their account for $1/month to search within their saved articles through in-app purchase, that literally requires two click (and entering your password), than there are people who would give you their credit card number to purchase your web service.