That's because in all likelihood OP was asking the completely wrong question. He has no application yet and no user base, so it's a waste of time to consider th

That's because in all likelihood OP was asking the completely wrong question. He has no application yet and no user base, so it's a waste of time to consider these kinds of things when you're trying to create your own application or business. But of course, if you grow at such a scale where you're getting a lot of users despite investing little money into the product, odds are many venture capitalists and incubators will be interested in you.