Garwor

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   by Garwor 14y ago

   Do you have any idea what a vanishingly small percentage of "Microsoft Customers" have ever installed any version of Windows themselves?
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   I don't disagree with you at all; I just think that in the appliance-computing future where your computer is basically a toaster, the vast majority of users (ie, potential software customers) won't care about the "missing" apps at all. It's
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   Other developers will happily come along, work within Apple's guidelines, and sell to the giant slice of the pie chart. It's obviously a radically different model of software development, and one that's probably far less appealing to curren
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   For ordinary customers, software that's not on the Mac App Store might as well not even exist. Developers who try to make a living selling serial numbers on the web via Paypal are going to be selling to a tinier and tinier slice of the mark
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   The neckbeards will buy from the developer. The ordinary customers Apple has been relentlessly targeting for a decade will buy from the Mac App Store. Which group is bigger?
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   Looks great; downloaded it to give it a try. This app is a great concept, but it's going to be interesting to see whether I'll let myself trust it enough to be useful. If I end up double-checking behind it anyway, then there's no point.
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   by Garwor 14y ago

   Big companies? What big companies? Everybody involved works for himself.