Comments on: Another Example Of How Wrong The Game And Music Industries http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html From the desk of a Software Developer Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Arik Fraimovich http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-11650 Arik Fraimovich Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:55:12 +0000 http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html#comment-11650 Of course most app developers don't make decent income, but that's applies<br>to the traditional software business too - it's not because of the pricing.<br>If at all, the low pricing enables them to increase the chances of making<br>any revenues.<br>And saying that only apps like the kindle make decent money is wrong too,<br>because there are many examples of utility apps that generate good income<br>too, like Instapaper or Tweetie. Although that depends on your definition of<br>"decent"... Of course most app developers don't make decent income, but that's applies
to the traditional software business too – it's not because of the pricing.
If at all, the low pricing enables them to increase the chances of making
any revenues.
And saying that only apps like the kindle make decent money is wrong too,
because there are many examples of utility apps that generate good income
too, like Instapaper or Tweetie. Although that depends on your definition of
“decent”…

]]> By: Arik Fraimovich http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-11599 Arik Fraimovich Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:55:12 +0000 http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html#comment-11599 Of course most app developers don't make decent income, but that's applies<br>to the traditional software business too - it's not because of the pricing.<br>If at all, the low pricing enables them to increase the chances of making<br>any revenues.<br>And saying that only apps like the kindle make decent money is wrong too,<br>because there are many examples of utility apps that generate good income<br>too, like Instapaper or Tweetie. Although that depends on your definition of<br>"decent"... Of course most app developers don't make decent income, but that's applies
to the traditional software business too – it's not because of the pricing.
If at all, the low pricing enables them to increase the chances of making
any revenues.
And saying that only apps like the kindle make decent money is wrong too,
because there are many examples of utility apps that generate good income
too, like Instapaper or Tweetie. Although that depends on your definition of
“decent”…

]]> By: ekampf http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-11598 ekampf Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:56:11 +0000 http://www.arikfr.com/blog/another-example-of-how-wrong-the-game-and-music-industries.html#comment-11598 most app developers dont make decent income (or income at all).<br>we only hear of the very few who do...<br><br>The companies that do have a decent model on top of an app make their money indirectly (like Amazon selling you Kindle books and letting you read them via an app) most app developers dont make decent income (or income at all).
we only hear of the very few who do…

The companies that do have a decent model on top of an app make their money indirectly (like Amazon selling you Kindle books and letting you read them via an app)

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