Mac App Store: Open for Business • Hacker News Board

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#51

Post by naz » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:00 PM UTC

The Mac App Store is not showing in software update here (UK)

edit: never mind, it is showing up now.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#52

Post by tyng » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:00 PM UTC

tyng wrote: post #48

Wow, this is a major step towards creating an uniform marketplace for not just mobile and tablet but also traditional computers. It does seem like a natural next step, it should even have happened earlier, how come nobody thought of it until today?

Broadband speed being one reason it didn't happen earlier I suppose, payment infrastructure is another one

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#53

Post by rimantas » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

statictype wrote: post #46

roadnottaken wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really that's a pittance. And it'll keep people from blatantly spamming the App reviewers with garbage.

Yeah but it kind of sucks for open source apps

I don't know. Let's say I wan't to host it myself, I'd pay about $240 per year for Linode VPS.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#54

Post by JonnieCache » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

naz wrote: post #51

The Mac App Store is not showing in software update here (UK) edit: never mind, it is showing up now.

It's showing up for me. Comes with the 10.6.6 update.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#55

Post by pmjordan » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

troels wrote: post #23

Distribute Mac apps on the Mac App Store $99/year Hm ..

If you're in any way serious about your Mac-based product, you'd probably want to be part of developer programme even if you don't care about the app store. (for testing with prerelease OS versions, etc.)

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#56

Post by wenbert » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

Whatever the comments on this, Apple is creating another new way/market for developers to make money and at the same for itself. Genius.

fyi, i do not develop apps for apple. i gave my mac to my brother about a year ago. i figured that i could do the same with my cheap acer without worrying about dropping or losing it.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#57

Post by scorchin » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:02 PM UTC

It's just like a massive computer magazine shareware cover disk.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#58

Post by tyng » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:03 PM UTC

iTunes should be renamed, it's not just about the "tunes" anymore

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#59

Post by rigormotis » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:03 PM UTC

sudont wrote: post #35

roadnottaken wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why hasn't anyone else thought of this before!?! EDIT: Sarcasm.... ;)

As in Bodega, the pre-existing mac app store, or Sparkle, the mac app updating framework?

Or any of the serveral package managers on linux that have been around for ~10 years.

Re: Mac App Store: Open for Business

#60

Post by pclark » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 3:05 PM UTC

statictype wrote: post #22

evilmushroom wrote: post #4

As long as this doesn't become the only way for me to put apps on my Mac. :P

It's not. The traditional method(s) will still work. For me the main selling point of the centralized app store is that you get all updates in a single place instead of having each app spawn it's own update mechanism.

You should check out http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ :)