Re:Will Apple’s history repeat itself and make Android the w...
by andreyf on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @07:13PM
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Besides, the free lunch is almost over. People are getting tired of fart apps.
Fart apps never made Apple much money. Of the top 5 grossing apps on the iPhone right now, the prices are $15, free, $1, $900, $7. They are hardly "fart apps". The free one is a TV streamer with an in-app subscription service of $10/month. The $1 is the RedLaser barcode scanner. Of the top 50 apps, 11 cost <$1, and 12 cost >$10 [1]. Apple is actively pushing developers to make more of the latter.
1. I mean >= and <=, rounded to the nearest dollar. That is, $9.99 ~ $10.
Fart apps never made Apple much money. Of the top 5 grossing apps on the iPhone right now, the prices are $15, free, $1, $900, $7. They are hardly "fart apps". The free one is a TV streamer with an in-app subscription service of $10/month. The $1 is the RedLaser barcode scanner. Of the top 50 apps, 11 cost <$1, and 12 cost >$10 [1]. Apple is actively pushing developers to make more of the latter.
1. I mean >= and <=, rounded to the nearest dollar. That is, $9.99 ~ $10.