iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/22/iphone_developer_app_store_rewards_crap_apps.html

by twampss • 18 years ago

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loglaunch• 18 years ago

I thought it took ages to get an application published on the App store and Apple has to review each app?

medearis• 18 years ago

Free apps have a lot fewer hoops that you have to jump through, so you can publish almost immediately.

As far as the article goes, I think the main point has been obvious for some time. Apple knew that these sorts of apps would be popular and initially blocked a number of the more crude ones. When they stared allowing the fart apps etc., the flood gates really broke open. The same happened with facebook apps. Whenever you have such an open platform with the potential to reach a wide audience, you're going to have a wide range of "success" stories.

tocomment• 18 years ago

I submitted this free app over 5 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything. Any ideas?

http://www.blendedtechnologies.com/iphone-applications/

tstegart2• 18 years ago

Whew! Good thing I have a crap app coming down the pipeline.

GHFigs• 18 years ago

In other news, the iTunes Store rewards "crap" music, "crap" movies, and "crap" TV. Shocking!

DougBTX• 18 years ago

Worse is better?

cmos2• 18 years ago

So, if this is actually true, where do you get the 'ad' feeds from that are valid click-thru's? I guess it didn't occur to me to put ad's in free apps..

tstegart2• 18 years ago

Making money off ads while giving away something for free didn't occur to you?

But no worries. I believe a lot of companies use Ad Mob, although there is another well-known company whose name I am forgetting right now. Combined with analytics suites from a company like Pinch Media, and its possible to have ads served and track click-through rates and impressions.

cmos2• 18 years ago

Well, when you put it like that... :)

Actually, in a sense it never did occur to me that it would be something I would consider. In some way it just seems a bit foreign, and since I myself ever so rarely click on an ad, I have a hard time understanding how a small percentage of people who do click on them can add up to a reasonable amount of income.

I know this is a bit odd, since I'm sure that's a majority of the interest here. But in all reality, I don't have a clue how the ad system _really_ works.

But thanks for the specific names.. that's a start towards looking into it. (I'm aware of the google adsense and such, I'm not that bad off)

josefresco• 18 years ago

dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=445145

drawkbox• 18 years ago

Just like pop rewards bad music. But there is still great music and plenty of success beyond the headliners.

jonursenbach• 18 years ago

The problem here is not with the App Store, but with the showing intelligence level of Apple customers who seem to be too easy to please.

Now I don't own a G1 myself as I prefer the iPhone at the moment, but I haven't heard of problems with the Android Market having this same issue. From what I've seen, personally, the userbase of the G1 is significatly more intelligent than that of the iPhone and aren't going to waste money and bandwidth to download this rubbish.

That said, I need to start developing some apps so I too can have my share in this revenue firehose.

flashgordon• 18 years ago

frankly guys i dont see why this has to be argued... people want stuff, you give it...

i mean we are all in hackernews, what do you think PG's mantra is?

yes i understand it is belittling to think that "talents" of all you smart and genius programmers is going to write some iJunk app, but i say ponder about the futility of that sipping your martinis on a beach!!

iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps

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