iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @02:50PM 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."

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Re:Spreadsheet by binarylarry · 2008-12-10 17:16 · Score: 5, Funny

No, Macs are designed by programmers like every other OS.
The difference is: Mac OSX programmers have a very angry man in a black turtle neck furiously yelling at them as they develop new features. This "turtle necked fire," so to speak, is what drives the high quality components of the modern Mac operating environment.
It's a bit like a Katana forged by a master craftsman.

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