Re:How Much Does An iPhone User Spend On Apps? $80
by alex_c on Sunday September 06, 2009 @03:42PM
(#808080)
Argh, no, no, no, no. Bad.
An AppsFire user spends $80 on apps.
An iPhone user does NOT spend $80 on apps. How much do they spend? I'd love to know, but even with zero background in stats I know it doesn't make sense to assume AppsFire users are representative.
This is just as bad as that "iPhone app economy is worth $2.3 billion" article. Apple just celebrated 1.5 billion downloads a couple months back - including FREE apps - I'm expected to believe the AVERAGE app cost per download is greater than $0.99, counting free apps?
Re:How Much Does An iPhone User Spend On Apps? $80
by snewe on Sunday September 06, 2009 @04:06PM
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Not only are AppsFire users likely unrepresentative, but the set of AppsFire users that completed the whole survey (i.e. "Tell us how much disposable income you have!") are even less representative. Apparently the editors are TC have the weekend off.
An AppsFire user spends $80 on apps.
An iPhone user does NOT spend $80 on apps. How much do they spend? I'd love to know, but even with zero background in stats I know it doesn't make sense to assume AppsFire users are representative.
This is just as bad as that "iPhone app economy is worth $2.3 billion" article. Apple just celebrated 1.5 billion downloads a couple months back - including FREE apps - I'm expected to believe the AVERAGE app cost per download is greater than $0.99, counting free apps?
Now it's $3.3 billion?
Since when does TC have editors?
1. Create a study based on your users without having any background in statistics or economics
2. Make a ridiculous and outrageous claim
3. ...
4. Profit! Free PR on TC!