Is the Apple App Store a Casino?

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday November 2, 2011 @05:05AM from the dulcinea's-life-makes-ten-billion dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fast Company takes a look at the Apple App Store and concludes that it's a casino where most developers are making tragic losses and a tiny few are striking it filthy rich. The article discusses a new book exposing the App Store millionaires, called 'Appillionaires,' which compares the psychological effects of a hit app on a programmer to a gambler's high. One millionaire programmer explains the intense feeling of being in the top-ten: 'The App Store had established some kind of intravenous connection to my body and was pumping me full of Apple-branded heroin.' But, the piece warns, the majority of developers fail to make any return on their app."

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Re:How should one find the right people? by BasilBrush · 2011-11-02 09:21 · Score: 1, Redundant

There's no reason why a programmer can't learn to do his own marketing. It's not hard it just requires some work.
If you don't already know UI and graphics people, then no doubt Google is your friend.
But you've established in previous posts that you can't afford a Mac, so it's rather a hypothetical question. You'll just have to keep on flipping burgers.