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Looking for relevant apps in the Apple App Store is a growing problem. This should be a feature built within the App Store. Why can't Apple do the same? Why do

by dazne 12y ago

Looking for relevant apps in the Apple App Store is a growing problem. This should be a feature built within the App Store. Why can't Apple do the same? Why do they need another application/service to do the "app discovery" for them?

mtmail 12y ago
Worse. There have been startups working on the discovery problem. Better filtering, (social) recommendations, social network around app reviews. Apple banned those apps in 2013 but at the same time hasn't provided any alternative. One example: "Applications that include filtering, bookmarking, searching or sharing recommendations are not considered significantly different from the App Store, therefore they cannot be approved by Apple." http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/appidemia-shutting-down-after-changes-in-apples-policy/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/appidemia-shutting-down-aft...
wozniacki 12y ago
The App Store search is ( and has ) always been a farce. I don't think I've ever not not used Google to search for the relevant app and then jump to the Store to "Get" it. I never see analysts charging Apple with sheer negligence in these things. It's not for the lack of resources. They have warchests both here and offshore. Why they don't get behind these pesky problems beats me. I mean these are elementary things. Using your competitor to search for apps in your store has to be downright cringe-worthy. The only explanation for this has to be that Apple is shoring up every last nickel for something much much larger. In the years to come we shall likely see Apple heading into complete virgin product territories. Apps, phones and tablets must seem like a distraction - a sideshow if you will - to the people in the know at Apple. A distraction from the real mother lode of things they have been working on. If proven true, this has to be the greatest execution of strategy secrecy and misleading of onlookers and industry watchers alike, every seen at a corporation. Nothing else explains why such scant attention is paid to basic things like search, voice recognition (Siri which is again a laggard compared to Google Now / Cortana) or maps or any other facets of the Apple ecosytem.
- c1sc0 12y ago
  Nothing else explains ... what about "culture"? "Services" is a bit of a curse-word at Apple. The cool kids at Apple are in product design & UI. If you are top-notch backend/services talent, who you gonna join? Google? Or Apple?
- wozniacki 12y ago
  Ha. I wasn't even too far off when I predicted this. Looks like Apple has hundreds working on the car,per WSJ.[1] [1] Apple Has Hundreds Working On An Electric Car Design, Says WSJ http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/apple-car/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/apple-car/ [2] Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-challenge-tesla-1423868072 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-chal...

by dazne 12y ago

mtmail 12y ago

Worse. There have been startups working on the discovery problem. Better filtering, (social) recommendations, social network around app reviews. Apple banned those apps in 2013 but at the same time hasn't provided any alternative. One example: "Applications that include filtering, bookmarking, searching or sharing recommendations are not considered significantly different from the App Store, therefore they cannot be approved by Apple." http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/appidemia-shutting-down-after-changes-in-apples-policy/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/appidemia-shutting-down-aft...

wozniacki 12y ago

The App Store search is ( and has ) always been a farce. I don't think I've ever not not used Google to search for the relevant app and then jump to the Store to "Get" it. I never see analysts charging Apple with sheer negligence in these things. It's not for the lack of resources. They have warchests both here and offshore. Why they don't get behind these pesky problems beats me. I mean these are elementary things. Using your competitor to search for apps in your store has to be downright cringe-worthy. The only explanation for this has to be that Apple is shoring up every last nickel for something much much larger. In the years to come we shall likely see Apple heading into complete virgin product territories. Apps, phones and tablets must seem like a distraction - a sideshow if you will - to the people in the know at Apple. A distraction from the real mother lode of things they have been working on. If proven true, this has to be the greatest execution of strategy secrecy and misleading of onlookers and industry watchers alike, every seen at a corporation. Nothing else explains why such scant attention is paid to basic things like search, voice recognition (Siri which is again a laggard compared to Google Now / Cortana) or maps or any other facets of the Apple ecosytem.

c1sc0 12y ago
Nothing else explains ... what about "culture"? "Services" is a bit of a curse-word at Apple. The cool kids at Apple are in product design & UI. If you are top-notch backend/services talent, who you gonna join? Google? Or Apple?
wozniacki 12y ago
Ha. I wasn't even too far off when I predicted this. Looks like Apple has hundreds working on the car,per WSJ.[1] [1] Apple Has Hundreds Working On An Electric Car Design, Says WSJ http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/apple-car/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/apple-car/ [2] Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-challenge-tesla-1423868072 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-chal...