Tag Archives: Mac App Store

Long Term Effect of Apple’s App Store Policies

Monday, March 18 9:10 am

Kevin Hoctor on software pricing: I think everyone can agree that we won’t survive long as indie developers if we can only charge one or two dollars for our apps. I don’t even think $15 is enough unless you have … Continue reading →

More On App Store Race To The Bottom♣
Tuesday, October 2 1:34 pm - tuaw.com

Richard Gaywood: A common problem when economics amateurs consider at what level to price products is getting tangled up in the idea of how much money (or time) it cost to make; but the laws of supply and demand are … Continue reading →

Apple Forcing Good Apps Out of Mac App Store♣
Monday, July 30 9:35 am - marco.org

Marco Arment on Apps leaving the Mac App Store: The problem with sandboxing isn’t that any particular app is incompatible with the current entitlements. It’s a deeper problem than that: Apple is significantly reducing the number of apps that can … Continue reading →

Apple Abandoning Power Users♣
Friday, July 27 8:46 am - macdrifter.com

Gabe from MacDrifter: Apple may be happy to have the nerds along for the ride, but they are not their target market. Normal people that just want to use a few apps and don’t care about tweaking their experience are … Continue reading →

Alfred.app: Another One Bites the Dust♣
Thursday, July 5 1:30 pm - blog.alfredapp.com

Alfred.app blog: You’ll continue to find the free version of Alfred in the MAS, as Apple allows existing apps to remain in the store and receive bug fixes. However, if you’re looking for the big juicy new features, your best … Continue reading →

No Upgrade Pricing Only Hurts Users In the Long Run♣
Wednesday, June 20 9:01 am - macstories.net

Gabe Glick: When most people go to a store, they don’t expect to take home products that catch their eye and try them out for a limited time. They don’t expect to get reduced prices on the latest version of … Continue reading →

Mac App Store No Longer Provides Peace of Mind♣
Thursday, June 14 1:42 pm - brooksreview.net

Ben Brooks commenting on Wolf Rentzsch’s article on direct buying Mac Apps vs. App Store: I disagree. Rentzsch makes some great points and arguments for buying apps directly, but there is a simple reason why most Mac users should buy … Continue reading →

Mac App Store vs Buying Direct♣
Friday, June 8 10:48 am - rentzsch.tumblr.com

Really nice piece on buying apps in the App Store vs. buying them right from developers. It’s very timely considering all the sandboxing hubbub. (via Daring Fireball)

Death To Star Reviews

Tuesday, June 5 8:20 am

The idea of reviewing things with some sort of arbitrary number of something is not new. According to the Wall Street Journal the first movie to be rated on the star system was in 1928. This system has bled into … Continue reading →

Two Dollar Tuesday: Crazy Cheap Mac Apps♣
Wednesday, May 30 1:13 pm - twodollartues.com

I have no idea how this website started, I think it’s just a couple of weeks old, but the basic premise is that every Tuesday several Mac developers discount their apps to $2 in the Mac App Store and they … Continue reading →