People say time flies well this is one of those moments. Almost four years ago Apple first introduced us to the App Store. The guys at MacStories has an in-depth look back at that time.
In four short years, Apple has gone from telling the world that all you need is a web app and not to install apps on your devices to an industry that has created almost half a million jobs.
Developers have also changed from releasing pointless apps, let’s be honest who needs a farting piano app, to apps that actually change how we manage our days.
Macstories mentions something interesting when they state that “Apple’s own success may be its biggest problem” the App Store is simply growing too fast!
What do you think is the success of the App Store going to cause its ultimate demise?
I think the bad apps are still being released – but (in general) the quality apps make more of an impact. Saying that I’m sure there are app developers who have made the best app in the World – only to find that competing with the large marketing budgets of the big players can be difficult.
I agree, there are still in my opinion far too many fart apps that make it into the App Store. However I also think that the quality of the apps have gotten much better since the initial launch of the iOS App Store.
There’re still a fair number of pointless apps coming out, not to mention clone apps which are close to complete rip offs of the original.
I think a big change in the app store is that it’s become harder for independent developers to compete with the bigger guns now. With huge marketing budgets, paying for installs, etc, they get to game the system and put themselves in positions to be in the top of the app store.
From there, it’s a matter of whether these apps are good enough to survive.
Unfortunately, most small time developers aren’t able to afford this type of marketing.
I agree with all 3 comments. I do find it interesting how applications have changed the business world. With many different applications available to businesses it seems that specific applications can now help businesses manage their resources more effectively and in turn create a more efficient working environment. It is interesting to see how size like in any industry will impact who exactly can have an effect on the market. In my opinion more medium sized business will be able to create a more specific application for its clients than a large developing company, that just thinks of its clients as numbers.