Eroding app dev value
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the point is.. I mean what I noticed is that people create really really advanced applications now and sell them for $2.99..
Previously they could have sold their apps for $29.99, $40, $50, $100 and people would buy them..
The problem is that the "gold rush" when app market started out on mobile platform was a temporary thing.. you could have made millions overnight basically and the whole quantity/low price approach worked great.. but now.. due to saturation, people are investing insane amounts of time and effort to sell something for $5 or so a download because they can't charge more due to already established values.
App development has been insanely devalued. Developers are now mostly doing stuff like sweatshops.
Symantec and other companies have made billions selling their software for $50-$100 and millions of people bought it..
I think it is funny how everyone got suckered in.