iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps

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Post by twampss » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 4:11 PM UTC

iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps
appleinsider.com

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Post by mmilenko » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 5:14 PM UTC

A real life Onion article.

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Post by loglaunch » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 5:27 PM UTC

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

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Post by medearis » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 5:31 PM UTC

loglaunch wrote: post #3

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

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.

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Post by tstegart » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 5:34 PM UTC

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

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Post by GHFigs » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 6:41 PM UTC

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

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Post by DougBTX » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 7:13 PM UTC

Worse is better?

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Post by cmos » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 7:37 PM UTC

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..

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Post by tstegart » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 8:31 PM UTC

cmos wrote: post #8

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..

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.

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Post by tocomment » Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 8:56 PM UTC

medearis wrote: post #4

loglaunch wrote: post #3

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

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. Wheneve…

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

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