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The Mac App Store does provide something of value: app hosting, oh-so-easy purchasing (just enter a password, as Apple has your credit card details on file), ap
by stevoski 13y ago
The Mac App Store does provide something of value: app hosting, oh-so-easy purchasing (just enter a password, as Apple has your credit card details on file), app delivery, license management.
But the downsides. Boy, the downsides. And they take a 30% cut of the gross price.
It would be really nice if there was an alternative App store, which offered the similar benefits, was cheaper for developers, was curated, but was more developer-friendly.
- jeena 13y agoThere is http://appbodega.com/ http://appbodega.com/ but, yeah, nobody buys there anything.
- bradleyland 13y agoWhich underscores the single greatest value of the App Store: the market. Apple has built a population of dedicated users who are willing to spend money. They did this by building a product that asks consumers to spend a little more to get a little more. Now they've created a channel through which developers can access those consumers directly through the host operating system, and they charge a fee for that. When you look at alternative marketplaces, it becomes clear that the value of the App Store is more than just "app hosting, oh-so-easy purchasing (just enter a password, as Apple has your credit card details on file), app delivery, license management".