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Author here; I don't feel that way about #2 at all. You know what I don't want? To read bunch of stories about how the Windows Store is a "terrible opportunity

Author here; I don't feel that way about #2 at all. You know what I don't want? To read bunch of stories about how the Windows Store is a "terrible opportunity for developers" and "no one is making money" because developers recreated the same economic problems that plague the iOS app store in the Windows Store. Developers learn from their mistakes when they screw up their code; they should similarly learn from their mistakes when they screw up their marketing and pricing. So far, haven't seen much of the latter looking at what's currently available in the Windows Store. The bottom line is: as an app publisher, how you set price / payment expectations with your user is almost more important than what your app actually does if your goal is to build a sustainable business for yourself. Taking the time to survey the ecosystem and realize that the market forces of Windows 8 are different and potentially much more lucrative is well worth the investment.

fennecfoxen 14y ago
Well yes, and bravo to those sentiments, which are insightful and worthy of praise... but then you say a bunch of things like: "If developers like you don’t screw it up, that is." "Your goal is to not do what your careless friends in iOS-land did and create a hopeless ghetto of a marketplace." "You as a developer have a responsibility when it comes to the economics of the Windows Store." I'm not the only one here who felt your "call to action" felt like a call to collusion or bitterness at not being able to squeeze more money off the Apple app store. If I make apps for the Windows store, I'll charge what I feel like charging, thank you very much, and I'll have no one's moralizing lectures. Thanks. :)
- Aaronontheweb 14y ago
  "I'm not the only one here who felt your "call to action" felt like a call to collusion or bitterness at not being able to squeeze more money off the Apple app store." Sorry you felt that way, but that's not what I said :) You can charge what you want; just don't be surprised by the results if you don't attempt to learn the market and realize your own value.

fennecfoxen 14y ago

Well yes, and bravo to those sentiments, which are insightful and worthy of praise... but then you say a bunch of things like: "If developers like you don’t screw it up, that is." "Your goal is to not do what your careless friends in iOS-land did and create a hopeless ghetto of a marketplace." "You as a developer have a responsibility when it comes to the economics of the Windows Store." I'm not the only one here who felt your "call to action" felt like a call to collusion or bitterness at not being able to squeeze more money off the Apple app store. If I make apps for the Windows store, I'll charge what I feel like charging, thank you very much, and I'll have no one's moralizing lectures. Thanks. :)

Aaronontheweb 14y ago
"I'm not the only one here who felt your "call to action" felt like a call to collusion or bitterness at not being able to squeeze more money off the Apple app store." Sorry you felt that way, but that's not what I said :) You can charge what you want; just don't be surprised by the results if you don't attempt to learn the market and realize your own value.