Re:Ask HN: What is the point of Chrome's web store?
by gaiusparx on Saturday December 11, 2010 @11:01AM
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App Store for smartphones is more about lock-in than app discovery. If a consumer has too much invested in iOS apps and games for example, his/her next phone upgrade will most likely be still iPhone.
Re:Ask HN: What is the point of Chrome's web store?
by jrockway on Saturday December 11, 2010 @11:52AM
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Apps cost so little compared to a phone + 2 year contract that I doubt this is the reason. You are certainly locked in if iOS has an app that $foo doesn't, but you are not locked in by having to pay $1 to re-buy it for the other platform.
Re:Ask HN: What is the point of Chrome's web store?
by ams6110 on Saturday December 11, 2010 @12:05PM
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People look at the phone + contract costs as fixed: "I'm going to have a contract with somebody" so if they have an investment in iPhone apps that they like they are going to be more likely to stay with iPhone/ATT then move to Android. Even if it only amounts to a few tens of dollars, there's also simple inertia at work here.
Re:Ask HN: What is the point of Chrome's web store?
by turbodog on Saturday December 11, 2010 @10:10AM
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A short summary that made sense to me:
http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/chrome-app-store.html
Having a button for the average user to press is what it's all about. "Press this button, and you can find apps." It just serves as a way for people to most quickly find something that meets their needs. For developers, it gives those people a place to look and hopefully increases exposure.