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It's pretty alarming that the net financial outcome of all his efforts and 4Snaps' popularity and success is not enough to even pay his private school tuition.
by eldude 12y ago
It's pretty alarming that the net financial outcome of all his efforts and 4Snaps' popularity and success is not enough to even pay his private school tuition. No doubt the intangibles will transform his life (network, fame, Zuckerberg, experience, etc...), but as a commentary on the viability of the app store for monetary gain in games, it's pretty bleak.
As a developer, it was wildly successful (can't overstate that enough). As an entrepreneur, it was a big failure. If, as an entrepreneur, you're jealous of his success, you need to reevaluate your priorities and consider a change of profession.
Too much Silicon Valley navel-gazing here.
- hatu 12y agoI think of it as Google and Apples failure mostly. Current app stores are terrible for new app discovery. Even for games which used to be a lucrative market a couple of years ago there seems to be just a handful that take in most of the money - which causes Google and Apple to showcase them more hiding all the new interesting lesser known apps.
- simonlebon 12y agosounds like a drink! "Silicon Valley navel-gazing" Maybe "Silicon Valley navel-gazer" would be better.