App Store Economics
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009There’s a lot been written about how amazing the iPhone app store is, how many apps it offers and how many downloads (a somewhat deceptive number since it includes updates) there have been. But recently there has been an increasing amount of noise in the developer community about the problems with the app store, and in particular its long term (or even medium term) viability. Why is that? Aren’t developers reaping the rewards of all those downloads and becoming rich?
