@cabel I have a mad theory that by setting $0.99 as standard, Jobs purposely crushed Gates' great invention - paid software - as a last FU.
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@misuba Ha. :) The bummer is that $0.99 wasn't the standard — http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/images/stories/2009/07/photo8.jpg … — but the "Top" chart obsession caused $0.99 to happen.
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@rozling@vinnycoyne If you're looking for a JOB, you should bother! If you want to ship your own indie apps, maybe pause for consideration? -
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@GlennF@cabel Yep, that sounds right. The Black Pixel model in@brentsimmons’s post. -
@theory@cabel@brentsimmons Lots of ’em, I think, based on the # of not-in-house, no-fee apps.
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@cabel@theory@brentsimmons Had same feels about The Magazine. Nothing I could reasonably do helped. -
@cabel@BenedictEvans reminds me of https://medium.com/@darrinhenein/lastronaut-a-love-letter-adec05cdbee6 …, which is exactly what you describe@darrinhenein -
@cabel yeah. If I had 99c for every iOS app idea that’s been pitched to me Id have a couple hundred dollars more than most iOS app devs make -
@cabel but you are one of the well-established companies, so all is good! -
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@cabel@drbarnard how to tweet the solution? I’ll try: 3rd party stores. Humble bundle. Steam. -
@cabel@drbarnard they pulled Free App a Day apps when they should have built APIs for them.
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@cabel@reneritchie The more I think about this, the more iOS developers seem like writers of books, in terms of win/lose and love. -
Independent iOS Developers: the Pink Elephant “
@cabel: Crushingly, maddeningly, this is very correct. http://inessential.com/2015/06/30/love ”$AAPL -
@cabel There are so many useless garbage apps. Apple should do a purge.
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