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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by richcollins on Friday May 04, 2012 @07:56PM (#3930845)
So 40% do break even. I'd guess that is better than web or other platforms.
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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by patrickaljord on Saturday May 05, 2012 @03:37AM (#3931588)
Read the article, it says close to 90% don't break even.
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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by richcollins on Saturday May 05, 2012 @02:03PM (#3932729)
Though the survey's methodology is a bit on the light side, numerous developers that we spoke to agree that the results—59 percent of apps don't break even, and 80 percent of developers can't sustain a business on their apps alone—are close to accurate.

So still better than the conventional wisdom that "90-95% of business fail".

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