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Apple Launches '1 Billion App Countdown' Promotion

Lol :)

its an obsession
 

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If only that timer was going along with how many apps are actually being downloaded, and not just a flash animation of the average downloads accumulated over the past month, then it would be very cool indeed.
 
maestro55 said:
I think it is amazing how fast this thing as kicked off and the amount of people that are using it. A Billion downloads since the introduction of the app store, is is it just me or is that indeed something to care about and celebrate?
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Personally, I don't think it's anything to care about, and what's to celebrate? I mean, I can understand the company celebrating, but why should anyone else?
Should we celebrate that McDonald's has sold god-knows-how-many billion Big Macs too? Or that Ikea has shipped it's 15-billionth flat-pack?
 
Tosser said:
Personally, I don't think it's anything to care about, and what's to celebrate? I mean, I can understand the company celebrating, but why should anyone else?
Should we celebrate that McDonald's has sold god-knows-how-many billion Big Macs too? Or that Ikea has shipped it's 15-billionth flat-pack?
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But....Big Macs kill people, and iPhone apps save people. :)
 
Tosser said:
Personally, I don't think it's anything to care about, and what's to celebrate? I mean, I can understand the company celebrating, but why should anyone else?
Should we celebrate that McDonald's has sold god-knows-how-many billion Big Macs too? Or that Ikea has shipped it's 15-billionth flat-pack?
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How long has it taken McDonald's to sell those Big Macs or for Ikea to sell it's "15-billionth flat-pack"? What other mobile app store has sold nearly a billion apps in such a short time frame?
 
maestro55 said:
How long has it taken McDonald's to sell those Big Macs or for Ikea to sell it's "15-billionth flat-pack"? What other mobile app store has sold nearly a billion apps in such a short time frame?
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That really doesn't matter. Those examples are known as "examples" to show that it's ridiculous to "celebrate" something that means nothing to you as a consumer. Now, if you're a shareholder, fine, but what does it matter to you as a consumer? Well, it matters as little as it matters how many flatpacks Ikea has shipped, and how many Big Macs McDonald's have sold.

Well, it should matter as little as those things. Unless you figure that it's cool to be part of the masses and see that as a goal in itself.
 
Tosser said:
That really doesn't matter. Those examples are known as "examples" to show that it's ridiculous to "celebrate" something that means nothing to you as a consumer. Now, if you're a shareholder, fine, but what does it matter to you as a consumer? Well, it matters as little as it matters how many flatpacks Ikea has shipped, and how many Big Macs McDonald's have sold.

Well, it should matter as little as those things. Unless you figure that it's cool to be part of the masses and see that as a goal in itself.
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I have to admit, I am an Apple fanboy. I drank the kool-aid years ago and I bleed six colors. So yes, I celebrate when Apple does amazing things. And I think selling that many apps since the opening of the App store is something to celebrate.

Off to check out more Apps in the app store.
 
maestro55 said:
I have to admit, I am an Apple fanboy. I drank the kool-aid years ago and I bleed six colors. So yes, I celebrate when Apple does amazing things. And I think selling that many apps since the opening of the App store is something to celebrate.
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Well, admitting to it is the first step :p


Off to check out more Apps in the app store.
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Have fun.
 
Tosser said:
That really doesn't matter. Those examples are known as "examples" to show that it's ridiculous to "celebrate" something that means nothing to you as a consumer. Now, if you're a shareholder, fine, but what does it matter to you as a consumer? Well, it matters as little as it matters how many flatpacks Ikea has shipped, and how many Big Macs McDonald's have sold.

Well, it should matter as little as those things. Unless you figure that it's cool to be part of the masses and see that as a goal in itself.
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It only matters because it's a no-cost, at your own leisure way of entering and trying to win a few very cool prizes. It's like something for nothing (I have lots of time, so time isn't something I spent).

Not to jinx myself...so, I WILL NOT win this competition.

Useful sites I've found:
http://eagereyes.org/applications/appstore-billion-apps-live-visualization.html
http://data.eagereyes.org/itms/countdownlog.txt
 
It REALLY sucks that Quebec resident are left out. Then again in every contest they pretty always left out.
 
Eso said:
It says it... in the official rules, specifically section number 5. At the very top of the page it also says, "A PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD
OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING." That certainly wouldn't be true if every app download up to 25 per day entered you for a chance to win.



Simple. The average person's reading comprehension is too poor to know any better, so they will drive app downloads in the hopes of increasing their chances of winning. Instead, they are simply playing into Apple's hand of using bloated and meaningless statistics to impress these same people and promote their app store.

The App Store - now with 25,000 apps (only 94% of which are high school CS projects) and over 1 billion downloads (only 800,000,000 of which are deleted after the first day)!
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But it also says "Each entrant’s chances of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received."
 
Apple Launches '1 Billion App Countdown' Promotion

The countdown is whack out.

I open two browsers windows at different times and the number never match up. We might have to keep and (EYE) on the countdown. If I win i'll share the itunes gift card with everyone :). I wish all you good luck on winning the prizes
 

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