Indie dev in the age of App StoreApple destroyed the value of apps by not allowing for demos and upgrades. No, wait. Developers destroyed the value of apps by flooding the market and racing to the bottom. No, wait. Customers destroyed the value of apps by only in-app paying for instant and ego gratification. No, wait...
One of the most frequently recurring narratives surrounding the App Store is that it's responsible for the destruction of apps as a viable business for independent developers.
Most recently, Matt Gemmell brought it up again:
No company has done as much damage to the perceived value of software, and the sustainability of being an independent developer, as Apple.
Not that other companies wouldn't have done the same thing — they would have. It's just that Apple was the successful one.
Here's what I wrote in 2013, roughly four years ago today in the Market for paid apps and the sum of all compromises:
Apple wants to keep [App Store] simple, so they compromise on features. Apple doe...
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Indie dev in the age of App Store
