Nick Lockwood
iTunes raised the price of MP3s from free (pirate) to 99c, likewise the App Store created a way to fairly monetise free Flash games.
It seems to me with iTunes & App Store, Apple created an incredible opportunity for content creators to be paid fairly, only to squander it.
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But fast forward a few years, and through apathy (or worse) consumers have come to expect apps and music to be free, while Apple profits.
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@nicklockwood I don’t blame consumers, rather VC backed predatory business models, and small developers who don’t charge sustainable prices. -
@vopt I wasn't blaming consumers either. I think Apple has been complicit in spreading the idea the software should be given away for free. -
@nicklockwood Agreed. Clearly Apple wants software to be free. Makes me pessimistic for the long term fallout.
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@nicklockwood@rwenderlich it was app developers that set the pricing, and engaged in a race to the bottom. Apple always advised to charge $ -
@rennarda@rwenderlich Apple made a lot of moves that encouraged the race to the bottom: IAP for free apps, adding "top grossing" category… -
@rennarda@rwenderlich don't get me wrong, they were pushed into it; consumers demanded these things because Android did it first. But still - View other replies
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@rennarda@rwenderlich I don't think Apple deliberately devalued software; they just didn't try hard enough to prevent it from happening.
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@nicklockwood@rwenderlich IAP were initially only for paid apps. If only Apple had stopped there.
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