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That sounds good. I don't think the parent is arguing this is impossible. I think he/she just thinks the environment is not very conducive to a gradually incre
by netsp 17y ago
That sounds good.
I don't think the parent is arguing this is impossible. I think he/she just thinks the environment is not very conducive to a gradually increasing user base. I'm sure that isn't a rule, web services tend to be gradual growers with spikes being mostly noise and there are plenty of exceptions (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/elfyourself.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/elfyourself.com/).
It's just that if you have no preconceived idea of whether you want to enter this market or another one, and you want the kind of business mrshoe does, maybe the iphone market is not the best choice.
- smokey_the_bear 17y agoI think there's a lot of variance in type of app, and how conducive they are to the app store. I also think that a conversion app would have made 0 dollars on any other platform. Games aside, as that's a whole market of its own. I haven't heard of any complex, high quality apps being developed and completely ignored. Though some have done well for awhile, and then been rendered obsolete by features in newer iphones. A lot of people seem to write weekend, single feature apps that sell for a day or two and then get ignored, and they blame the app store for the fact that they wrote a program no one really wants to use.
- netsp 17y agoThat is true. The app store does have the distinction of being a market where users, even "consumers" exchange money for software. That is certainly a great feature. That doesn't mean that the market isn't characterised by many projectiles.