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Title: Why smaller iOS developers would be smart to head back to the Mac Post by: HCK on March 21, 2016, 04:05:12 pm Why smaller iOS developers would be smart to head back to the Mac
<article> <section class="page"> <p>When the iOS App Store debuted, there was a gold rush. Stories abounded of individual software developers making large amounts of money from their apps. There was the distinct sense that the App Store was ushering in a new era, where thousands of programmers could quit their jobs and write apps for a living–and we’d all benefit from their personal visions and expertise.</p><p>It hasn’t worked out like that. The App Store has been a success, but a huge amount of the money being transacted in the App Store on a given day is for purchases inside of games. There is no gold rush for independent app developers. Writing an app for the App Store is a challenging task, and there’s no guarantee of success.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3045609/os-x/why-smaller-ios-developers-would-be-smart-to-head-back-to-the-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Why smaller iOS developers would be smart to head back to the Mac (http://www.macworld.com/article/3045609/os-x/why-smaller-ios-developers-would-be-smart-to-head-back-to-the-mac.html#tk.rss_all) |