Eroding app dev value
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- Boz0
I see what you are saying.. but the thing is that your volume needs to be a lot lot bigger.. due to huge saturation to these app marketplaces that are generating we are not at the same point of selling software even though it seems that those app stores serve more people.. They don't.. web serves everyone..
I think most devs have been pulled into this model because they saw this boom in the beginning and the first people who made apps made a bundle, but if you are selling apps now on the app markets it's not different than selling them on the web as before.. they are just much much cheaper now and possibly even more specific to the device you are using but that actually even backs up my point even further in terms of "work more, charge less" and of course you have to pay 30% or more fee to Apple or whoever runs the market.. for you to make money now you also have to cater and develop for all these different marketplaces that are closed up and almost 100% proprietary.
I think developer life got more complex and the value of mobile/tablet apps (as i mentioned that are pretty much on a desktop level these days) are totally sold for much lower than what they are probably worth in time and effort.