Apple kills App Store number growth, focuses on fairness and app quality

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  • Reply 41 of 56
    mr omr o Posts: 1,046member
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    Originally Posted by AdamC View Post


    Yes, the growing number of crap apps and insecure apps in the android market place is truly putting the fear into Apple. LOL



    haha



    Google= Crapps / Crappstore

    Apple = Apps / Appstore
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  • Reply 42 of 56
    moustachemoustache Posts: 95member
    Apple has always been about customer care, quality and this helps to elevate their brand. By not reacting what's in front of their noses, their long term commitment has paid off.
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  • Reply 43 of 56
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    Originally Posted by IHateScreenNames View Post


    Maybe you should have gone for the full version. That way everything comes unlocked. Maybe you can upgrade now that you've tried her for a while?



    Frankly, I'd be worried about how many times that girl's been downloaded.
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  • Reply 44 of 56
    It makes a huge difference to the developers bottom line, particularly when you start to factor in piracy.



    It seems like on the Apple devices you Buy Before You Try unless you are one of those jaibreakers who download from bittorrent. This means that for well respected Apps the developer gets some money even if you ultimately do not use the app a lot. On the Android platform it seems like the model is more like the older shareware Try Before You Buy approach, which means unless you decide to buy, the developer gets nothing. This important because I know that had I been on the Android platform I would not have purchased half the Apps I have. They would simply have been deleted.
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  • Reply 45 of 56
    magicjmagicj Posts: 406member
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    Originally Posted by pcworth@charter.net View Post


    It seems like on the Apple devices you Buy Before You Try unless you are one of those jaibreakers who download from bittorrent. This means that for well respected Apps the developer gets some money even if you ultimately do not use the app a lot. On the Android platform it seems like the model is more like the older shareware Try Before You Buy approach, which means unless you decide to buy, the developer gets nothing. This important because I know that had I been on the Android platform I would not have purchased half the Apps I have. They would simply have been deleted.



    I think you're confusing free apps, which Apple isn't getting rid of (and iOS has more free apps than Android), with "incentivized installs", apps that force you to install other apps to continue using the app you already have. It's the "incentivized installs" that Apple is getting rid of.
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  • Reply 46 of 56
    eideardeideard Posts: 428member
    Makes great business sense.
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  • Reply 47 of 56
    neiltc13neiltc13 Posts: 182member
    The reality is that the number of apps available on any store doesn't matter. I can count on one hand the number of applications I have on my phone that I use more than once per week:



    - Facebook

    - Twitter

    - Google Reader

    - Turn by Turn Navigation

    - National Rail (train times)



    iOS, Windows Phone 7 and Android all have applications for these.



    Additional applications that I might use are not nearly as important, and the functionality of them is likely to be gimmicky or one-off anyway.



    I am getting somewhat bored of seeing articles about which store has "more" applications because in ALL of the stores I have seen, there is a ton of junk that is making up whatever big number they are putting out there. That's not the store operator's fault, it's just that there are so many developers out to try to make as much money as possible that poor quality applications are inevitable.
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  • Reply 48 of 56
    ecphorizerecphorizer Posts: 533member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sofabutt View Post


    It'll be a cold day in hell before I use Apple's 'App Store' to purchase anything...



    that's a nice succinct response. glad you could make it.
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  • Reply 49 of 56
    ecphorizerecphorizer Posts: 533member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by matrix07 View Post


    Size DOES matter (according to my wife)



    My Eagle has a bigger beak than your Eagle! Which is what counts after you pull out all the feathers...
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  • Reply 50 of 56
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ecphorizer View Post


    My Eagle has a bigger beak than your Eagle! Which is what counts after you pull out all the feathers...



    So you?re saying you like to get plucked.
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  • Reply 51 of 56
    ecphorizerecphorizer Posts: 533member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    So you’re saying you like to get plucked.



    I guess I asked for that one!



    Gotta go - Wife 2.0 is calling for help with dinner. Maybe there'll be some "incentivized" in-app payment later tonight. After all, she's been "curated" for sure.



    (Where do people come up with these words, anyway?)
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  • Reply 52 of 56
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    Originally Posted by Meurglys View Post


    Apple saw the research which shows that the Android Market will soon have more apps than the iTunes store. Their marketing strategy is currently based on claiming that they have more applications, and since they're losing that battle they want to switch to claiming that iOS applications are higher quality.



    Even if this were true...so what? Their marketing strategy is and always has been centered around providing a better overall user experience (Note that marketing != advertising). Reducing the proportion of crapware to sort through has far more value to me than any ideological want for "openess".



    If anything, I'd like the ability to filter out iOS games that "feature" in-app purchases.
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  • Reply 53 of 56
    wovelwovel Posts: 956member
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    Originally Posted by os2baba View Post


    I wouldn't be surprised. I saw a report a couple of days ago that the Android Market will have more applications in 5 months than the Appstore. I don't know if it will actually happen in 5 months, but it's just a matter of time. This perennial shifting of goal posts is something Apple is getting used to.



    Having said that, it didn't make any difference Apple has more apps now and it's not going to make any difference when Android has more apps. Most apps in both markets are sub par and anything done to get rid of scams in either store is good. Both stores have their share of quality apps.



    Android could have 100x the Apps and their developers will still only be making about 10% of the money.
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  • Reply 54 of 56
    Quote:

    Analysts worry Apple will lose download metrics



    I seem to recall that "analysts" said the iPhone was DOA without hardware buttons, the iPad would flop, and the App Store would never turn a profit.



    So in other words, Apple will continue doing just fine, and maybe there will be less shovelware clogging up the stores.
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  • Reply 55 of 56
    os2babaos2baba Posts: 262member
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    Originally Posted by Wovel View Post


    Android could have 100x the Apps and their developers will still only be making about 10% of the money.



    For instance, Rovio.
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  • Reply 56 of 56
    acslater017acslater017 Posts: 424member
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    Originally Posted by GalaxyTab View Post


    So what's changed since this?







    I bet we haven't seen the end of Apple playing the numbers game.



    I think it's fair to say that numbers are sometimes an outright advantage, and sometimes they are not. In the case of tablets, 100 apps (Honeycomb) vs. 60,000 is an advantage for Apple. 100 apps is arguably not even a platform so much as a small collection. 60,000 is enough to find something you'll like and have some competition between apps.



    When comparing 400,000 to 500,00, numbers become less relevant to the user who might install 10, 50, or 100 apps. Quality is more important. Just one more reason that I enjoy Apple products...They may not get it right 100% of the time, but more than anyone else, they know what is relevant and what is not.
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