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placebohigh
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Posted 1 year ago # -
honavery
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I guess I don't entirely get this....I get why they needed it for the phone, where they needed to totally redesign the GUI for the touch interface and small form factor of the iPhone, but why would I need to get say a Facebook Mac app as opposed to just using the very functional and constantly upgrading website. It seems to be going the opposite way of things (taking everything into the browser).
FWIW, the Chrome app store doesn't make much sense to me either...except maybe for something like Google TV.
Posted 1 year ago # -
JonMyers
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I'd say the number one reason this is a big deal is that it removes the friction from the transaction. With a click, on your desktop you'll be able to purchase software with your iTunes credentials.
The moment someone has to whip out their credit card to buy software on the web the abandonment rate sky rockets.
This is an elegant solution to this problem.
Posted 1 year ago # -
honavery
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JonMyers wrote >>
I'd say the number one reason this is a big deal is that it removes the friction from the transaction. With a click, on your desktop you'll be able to purchase software with your iTunes credentials.
The moment someone has to whip out their credit card to buy software on the web the abandonment rate sky rockets.
This is an elegant solution to this problem.Most software is free though...except for something like MS Office. I can't remember the last time I paid for software on my PC. (I mean I'm not creating things or playing games on my PC) I guess it is one place to go to get all that free software. Although then you get into the already thorny issue of Apple censoring what is offered.
For me, the only software I even really run on my PC is the browser and iTunes. (with things like a PDF reader, skype, and MS Office being used very occasionally)
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JonMyers
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True, there is a ton of free software, but that said I buy a lot of software.
I've bought Transmit, which is a great FTP client that connects to Amazon's simple storage service. TextMate is another great app I've bought that I couldn't live without. As is Things, which I own for task management.
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JonMyers wrote >>
True, there is a ton of free software, but that said I buy a lot of software.
I've bought Transmit, which is a great FTP client that connects to Amazon's simple storage service. TextMate is another great app I've bought that I couldn't live without. As is Things, which I own for task management.Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I can see any number of open source / free FTP tools out there ( although I prefer the command line tools that come with most / all OS's ), Gvim for text editing...
Just saying, there's lots of alternatives out there. So much so that I wonder how many people buy such tools at all and if having to pull out a credit card is the real hindrance.
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JonMyers
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rus wrote >>
JonMyers wrote >>
True, there is a ton of free software, but that said I buy a lot of software.
I've bought Transmit, which is a great FTP client that connects to Amazon's simple storage service. TextMate is another great app I've bought that I couldn't live without. As is Things, which I own for task management.I wonder how many people buy such tools at all.
33% of internet users have purchased software online according to a Pew research poll that came out last week.
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honavery
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I have no problem paying for digital content, and have def. paid for things like music and video. The Mac App store isn't selling content though, it's selling software (iTunes store is selling content). I guess I would have no problem paying for software either, if I thought it would be worth it or better than the free alternative.
This could be big for games (although there is Steam for Mac now I think). Mac gaming could def. use a shot in the arm. Not a big computer gamer myself these days, strictly console.
I'm not trying to be abrasive, Apple has def. proven me wrong in the past so maybe this will be a huge hit. (although to be a really huge hit it'll have to come to Windows too) It just seems like everything is moving into the browser on the PC space, and something like this takes it the other way.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Mister Shifter
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If you think this won't be a success and another huge revenue steam for Apple, you're crazy. Apple knows how to do a few things VERY well: market and make money.
There's an enormous market for paid software (and games), and they're going to cash in on it in a big way with this.
It sounds like a win/win/win for consumers, developers, and Apple. No, I'm not an Apple fanboy.
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honavery
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Mister Shifter wrote >>
If you think this won't be a success and another huge revenue steam for Apple, you're crazy. Apple knows how to do a few things VERY well: market and make money.
There's an enormous market for paid software (and games), and they're going to cash in on it in a big way with this.
It sounds like a win/win/win for consumers, developers, and Apple. No, I'm not an Apple fanboy.I have talked to a couple of Mac users here at work who were pretty 'meh' about the whole thing. I guess if I had a Mac I wouldn't really know what I'd do with it, that's all I'm saying. Angry Birds is currently the number 1 selling app.
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JonMyers
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It's hard for a lot people to admit that "they personally" aren't the target market, yet a market must exist for a product or service. The inverse of that is pursuing a business based on what you would personally pay for something or what you would personally buy.
Both approaches are flawed. It's best to let the data do the talking.
In the case of buying software online, the data suggests people are buying it. If it's easier to buy it's rational to assume people will buy more of it.
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honavery
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Walker wrote >>
honavery wrote >>
I guess if I had a Mac I wouldn't really know what I'd do with it, that's all I'm saying.Do you have a PC? If so, you'd probably do the same things on a Mac that you do on your PC. ;)
Lol. Nice one.
JonMyers, I don't think I have a problem admitting I'm not the target market. This writeup sums up my views pretty well. We'll see what happens. Either way, I'm sure Apple will make a lot of money from it.
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Mister Shifter
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honavery wrote >>
Walker wrote >>
honavery wrote >>
I guess if I had a Mac I wouldn't really know what I'd do with it, that's all I'm saying.Do you have a PC? If so, you'd probably do the same things on a Mac that you do on your PC. ;)
Lol. Nice one.
JonMyers, I don't think I have a problem admitting I'm not the target market. This writeup sums up my views pretty well. We'll see what happens. Either way, I'm sure Apple will make a lot of money from it.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212755/mac_app_store_is_unlikely_to_be_a_blockbuster_hit.htmlI stopped reading that article when the author said how complicated it is to install applications on a Mac. Dragging an icon into your Applications folder certainly is a toughie, isn't it?
Stack that article next to the "iPad will fail", "iPhone will fail", and "(Insert Apple product) will fail" articles from PC-centric websites.
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honavery
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Mister Shifter wrote >>
honavery wrote >>
Walker wrote >>
honavery wrote >>
I guess if I had a Mac I wouldn't really know what I'd do with it, that's all I'm saying.Do you have a PC? If so, you'd probably do the same things on a Mac that you do on your PC. ;)
Lol. Nice one.
JonMyers, I don't think I have a problem admitting I'm not the target market. This writeup sums up my views pretty well. We'll see what happens. Either way, I'm sure Apple will make a lot of money from it.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212755/mac_app_store_is_unlikely_to_be_a_blockbuster_hit.htmlI stopped reading that article when the author said how complicated it is to install applications on a Mac. Dragging an icon into your Applications folder certainly is a toughie, isn't it?
Stack that article next to the "iPad will fail", "iPhone will fail", and "(Insert Apple product) will fail" articles from PC-centric websites.You def. could be right. And to be fair, PC in this case stands for Personal Computer, not a computer running a Windows OS. PC World has a lot of Apple coverage also.
Posted 1 year ago # -
JonMyers
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The apps I've downloaded from the Mac App Store have literally jumped out of the app store into the tool bar and self installed. You hit a buy button, enter your password and that's it. The icon jumps in an animated fashion into the toolbar. You click the icon and it runs. Not sure what's hard about that.
Posted 1 year ago # -
JonMyers
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Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million on the Mac App Store
I am ecstatic to announce that Pixelmator grossed a gigantic $1 million on the Mac App Store. And that happened in only 20 short days.
What is even better is that the app is getting rave reviews on the Mac App Store (4.5 stars with over 275 ratings on the US store, 5 stars with over 128 ratings in the UK, and 4.5 stars with over 129 ratings in Germany). And, thanks to the Mac App Store, more people than ever are choosing to download Pixelmator.
Such an amazing success feels fantastic. Thank you so much for your enthusiastic support.
We can’t wait to hit your Macs and the Mac App Store shelves with the hot new updates (1.6.5, 1.7 Geneva and the outstanding Pixelmator 2.0) that are currently in the works.
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