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> My question is what does it take to build a real business in the app store? Conventional wisdom is that the money is in development work and not selling apps
by kybernetyk 13y ago
> My question is what does it take to build a real business in the app store?
Conventional wisdom is that the money is in development work and not selling apps by yourself on the store.
- benjamincburns 13y agoIf that's true, what's the longterm viability of the market as a whole? Intuitively for dev services to succeed here it must be true that [shrink-wrap app model profitability] >> [service model profitability].
- Kylekramer 13y agoThat only works if you think of apps as traditional software with the App Store as a traditional store. Apps are closer to websites: a few are very profitable on their own, most are just a neccessary part of a larger business.