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iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-get-what-you-pay-for dept.

HardYakka writes "According to this post in the Fortune blog, the iTunes app store has been a boon for users but some developers are saying the number of free and 99 cent apps make it difficult for developers to create complex, higher priced apps. Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory says the iPhone may never get its killer app like the spreadsheet was for the Mac. If Apple does not do something, the store will be left with only ring tones and simple games. Some are suggesting that overpaid developers are the problem and the recession will soon lower the wages and costs for complex apps."

2 of 437 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Spreadsheet by poetmatt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Umm, Linux does quite a bit better for graphic design. Especially bigtime movie producers (pixar, etc) don't run Mac. They run linux.

    Jeez, when will people accept that the only thing the mac is good for is paying for things that other people get free? It used to be premiere for DTP and graphics design. No longer.

  2. Yeah, it was killer allright. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The company almost went tits up after they failed to grasp that the proprietary nature of their designs was killing them.

    As soon as their grip on digital music goes away, I really don't see how they are going to survive in the long term.

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    IANAL but write like a drunk one.