The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition

Post by yen223 » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 8:00 AM UTC

mmcdan wrote: post #16

fallenhitokiri wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't use Sparrow so please correct me if I am wrong. The applications are still fully functional and are working perfectly fine until Apple changes anything they heavily depend on or something replaces imap. You own your copy of Sparrow and it still works. Imagine you buy a BMW and in 10 years you cannot get the required fuel anymore. Does this mean you only pay for a new car when you get all plans for the engine…

For something as critical as email, "fine until Apple changes anything" is not good enough, given that Apple has a habit of changing things.

"given that Apple has a habit of changing things."

Apple doesn't have a habit of changing things. If anything, I feel that Apple is too conservative when it comes to making changes.

Post by ksolanki » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 8:05 AM UTC

steve8918 wrote: post #60

Unfortunately, this is what you get when you pay $10 for an app. There is a huge disparity when it comes to the cost of apps these days vs the salaries required to sustain the engineers who make those apps. Even at $10/pop, you need to sell a lot of apps just to sustain the salaries of very good engineers, and THIS is what makes great products vulnerable to acqui-hires. The problem is that the $0.99 model of the App…

We (most in this discussion) seem to forget that the advent of $10 or $0.99 app actually expanded the market. As in, more people paid money for software than before, thus paying for more indy/non-indy developers.

So let me say this again. The App store, with its $1-5 apps, is a good thing for the developers as well as the users.

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