Nick Lockwood
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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iTunes raised the price of MP3s from free (pirate) to 99c, likewise the App Store created a way to fairly monetise free Flash games.
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 I wonder why Apple does not allow free trial periods for apps. They could easily integrate that. -
@nicklockwood That's not entirely true. People spend more on Apps / Music on Apple's platforms than any other -
@nicklockwood we can expect niche apps in the future and they will become more expensive -
@nicklockwood this may be changing. Apps started to look for big markets which allowed for small prices -
@nicklockwood sadly not just Apple. Being creative these days does not pay
And this should be considered really a bad thing
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