Verified Extortion

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Post by brett » Thu, May 21, 2009, 5:38 PM UTC

Verified Extortion
mattmaroon.com

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 21, 2009, 6:43 PM UTC

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Post by buggy_code » Thu, May 21, 2009, 6:46 PM UTC

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by mattmaroon » Thu, May 21, 2009, 6:52 PM UTC

buggy_code wrote: post #3

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Are you joking? The top Facebook apps make more in a month than the top iPhone apps make in a lifetime. Even mid level apps, the sort that would never make the top 25 on iTunes, make more in a year than a top 10 paid app on iTunes does.

Try Googling for Zynga Revenues. The Facebook platform is orders of magnitude more profitable than iPhone.

Don't mistake buzz for profitability.

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by alex_c » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:12 PM UTC

buggy_code wrote: post #3

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Straight-up ad network banners won't make much money, but incentivized apps can pull in some serious cash.

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by buggy_code » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:14 PM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #4

buggy_code wrote: post #3

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Are you joking? The top Facebook apps make more in a month than the top iPhone apps make in a lifetime. Even mid level apps, the sort that would never make the top 25 on iTunes, make more in a year than a top 10 paid app on iTunes does. Try Googling for Zynga Revenues. The Facebook platform is orders of magnitude more profitable than iPhone. Don't mistake buzz for profitability.

Thanks for the tip.

I can't up vote you enough. Almost tempted to create new HN accounts just to up vote you.

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by pistoriusp » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:15 PM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #4

buggy_code wrote: post #3

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Are you joking? The top Facebook apps make more in a month than the top iPhone apps make in a lifetime. Even mid level apps, the sort that would never make the top 25 on iTunes, make more in a year than a top 10 paid app on iTunes does. Try Googling for Zynga Revenues. The Facebook platform is orders of magnitude more profitable than iPhone. Don't mistake buzz for profitability.

Do you have data that you could use to backup your post?

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by coglethorpe » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:16 PM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #4

buggy_code wrote: post #3

Are people still making money from facebook apps these days? I thought it was over a while back (and thus why the mass exodus to develop on the iPhone although apple's approval process sucks.)

Are you joking? The top Facebook apps make more in a month than the top iPhone apps make in a lifetime. Even mid level apps, the sort that would never make the top 25 on iTunes, make more in a year than a top 10 paid app on iTunes does. Try Googling for Zynga Revenues. The Facebook platform is orders of magnitude more profitable than iPhone. Don't mistake buzz for profitability.

> Zynga

Don't get me started on my Mafia Wars addiction.

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by cellis » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:18 PM UTC

As far as i see it, for media/gaming apps there are two platforms that you can (try to) make enough money to buy a small island with: facebook and iphone. Both are flooded now with competitors, and not of the stupid sort, so good luck...and await the xbox mobile!

Re: Verified Extortion

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Post by grandalf » Thu, May 21, 2009, 7:18 PM UTC

Why is he complaining about Facebook when all the company did was respond to user complaints about apps that behaved badly?

When thousands of people got daily invites to stupid apps, something had to be done. Regardless of whether facebook had ever announced the verified apps program, the new restrictions would make sense.

When you develop for a young platform (particularly a proprietary one) you should realize it may be a moving target. It's far from extortion!