Mac app store alternative

by mikexstudios • 16 years ago

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dholowiski2• 16 years ago

That's Really cool. Quite simple, has some of the good features of the Mac app store (aggregation, search, updates) and,seemingly none of the downfalls (bad ui, oppressive rules).

danilocampos• 16 years ago

It doesn't have one-click, instant billing to 150 million subscribers... so that's kind of a big missing piece, there.

In the same way, a horse-drawn carriage has some of the good features of a 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Coupe, like wheels, the freedom to move faster than walking without using much physical energy, and a storage compartment. It also has none of the environmental downfalls.

But, you know, it's kind of missing the internal combustion engine. (And we can argue about the UI – App Bodega's hardly a Prom Queen, itself.)

iTunes accounts are the magic dust Apple sprinkles to turn things into gold. No one else can touch it, save Amazon.

dholowiski2• 16 years ago

Of course, that is the major thing that it is lacking. Agreed that iTunes accounts are magic dust that nobody else can touch (not even Amazon). Also, it's not installed on just about every Mac on the planet, that's a big one too.

spooneybarger2• 16 years ago

aka service i used once whose time has come and gone.

app has a history of killing of things like this. hypercard killed the serious potential of userland frontier and on and on. of course, microsoft killed still far more. tis is the way of the world of software...

Yoric• 16 years ago

HyperCard? In my recollection, this was an absolutely great piece of software -- and it's high time somebody produced something as good, but for modern userland development.

spooneybarger2• 16 years ago

userland frontier was a a 4gl programming language, object database etc that was greatly damaged when apple released hypercard.

solipsist• 16 years ago

This post had great timing :)

dangrover• 16 years ago

It's not just a river in egypt!

rmc• 16 years ago

Surely the alternative is to sell it on your website like how Mac developers have ben doing for years?

_b8r0• 16 years ago

Why should I use this instead of the Mac App store? (1st as a user, secondly as a developer)

twymer• 16 years ago

As a developer I would assume you would use both, not this instead.

Entlin• 16 years ago

I applaud the effort, but when comes down to using it, I don't like it:

- Way too slow to load (all main screen icons in Bodega: 8s, Mac App Store: 1.1s)

- not a very good list view (name + big icons + price)

- detail view has too small screenshots

- even stranger navigation (back button on the bottom?).

finemann• 16 years ago

The Bodega logo is a straight rip-off from the Fender logo.

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