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> To be honest, do we really need so many apps? Absolutely not, and I don't get the fascination with app number counts. I often hear people say "I got a new ph
by briancurtin 14y ago
> To be honest, do we really need so many apps?
Absolutely not, and I don't get the fascination with app number counts. I often hear people say "I got a new phone, what apps should I get?" Well, what problem do you need to solve? "Oh I just want more apps" is what they usually say. Then everyone wonders why their battery only lasts 7 hours.
I haven't looked in the Windows 8 store, but as long as it's not 2000 complete garbage apps like the pages and pages of ones you sift through on Play, I don't see the issue.
- rahoulb 14y agoI used to think that but I switched to WP7, found the two apps I needed the most (Campfire client and a decent bus timetable app) weren't available (or rather there were a couple of each, but they were awful) - and so switched back to iPhone. How many other people want a Campfire client on WP? Maybe a few thousand. For how many people is the lack of a decent one a deal-breaker? Maybe in the tens. But for me, it's a deal-breaker. Now swap Campfire for some other app ... And that's why the breadth of the App Store is important.
- gizmo686 14y agoThe issue is that if they only have 2,000 apps, how likely are they to have the random app that solves the specific problem I want solved. The more apps they have the (generally) more likely they are to have the 1 I want.