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There really seems to be a meme at the moment for stories about how difficult it is to make money on the iOS / Mac app store. Ever since the sparrow acquisition

by chubs 14y ago

There really seems to be a meme at the moment for stories about how difficult it is to make money on the iOS / Mac app store. Ever since the sparrow acquisition, it seems like every day there's another similar story on the front page of HN about how hard it is to make money there. Which, unfortunately for me, is quite discouraging because i'm about to launch an iPhone app in a week :(

whileonebegin 14y ago
Making iphone apps used to be good a few years ago when the store first opened. Not so much now. Earning $0.70 per sale is just not enough. And that's if your app can even be found. It's even worse with Android. With mobile overtaking PCs, it's a slightly depressing thought about the direction the software industry has taken.