BlizzardBolt
macrumors 6502
At my age, I wouldn't run out EVER!
Money left over in the account would probably be the most fiscally valuable part of my estate!!
This made me chuckle
Apple's App Store Reaches 25 Billion Downloads, Now on Pace for 15 Billion Apps Per Year
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Taz Mangus
macrumors 604
Apple will still pay the developer of the apps purchased, with the $10,000 iTunes gift certificate, their 70%. Some people only see the negative even if the gesture is good even though it might be small. Why not go rag on companies like BP who took a tax right off of $10B for monies they paid as a result of the oil spill.
iBooks Author for Apps
I'd love to see Apple create a development platform for Apps, like iBooks Author, that allows prosumers and non-developers to make simple ad hoc apps for communities, schools, and small businesses that may not be able to afford hiring outside help. There are a lot of people with great ideas out there and it would be great to see small local stuff on the app store.
I'd love to see Apple create a development platform for Apps, like iBooks Author, that allows prosumers and non-developers to make simple ad hoc apps for communities, schools, and small businesses that may not be able to afford hiring outside help. There are a lot of people with great ideas out there and it would be great to see small local stuff on the app store.
Blue Monkey
macrumors newbie
Wow. That is a lot of downloaded apps, even if it IS dupes. @_@
mw360
macrumors 68020
You might want to download a calculator app. And not for a chance of winning $10K...
Macboy Pro
macrumors 6502a
uh, wasn't yelling, just agreeing with his quote.
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Yea, I guess it's all about what I think. Cause I am the only one on this board that states an opinion.
EvilEvil
macrumors 65816
QFT. They should also measure the retention level of apps. How long people keep apps on their iphones/ipad/itouch after downloading them.
ombrenelcielo
macrumors regular
XenElement
macrumors newbie
^That
LOL
You and the guy on top who are lol-ing and being sarcastic you didn't understand the op to begin with. He asked for ad hoc apps for prosumers and non devs, what's Xcode have to with that? He also mentioned iBooks author as opposed to writing ePub code. But yeah, lol and roll eyes and feeling superior while actually acting like fools and embarrassing yourselves.
ombrenelcielo
macrumors regular
Ok so Xcode is too much for you?
And what about html5, is it too much too?
This is the approach that is leading Apple to fail in some areas: simplify too much the life to the lazies. Providing more streamlined apps (e.g. iMovie, Garageband) instead of PRO apps. The funny thing is that for you Apple is always wrong:
- they release Final Cut Pro X -> they are forgetting about the PRO users
- they don't release "iApp Author" -> they miss to deliver an ultimate tool for the developers
To stick to the topic: seriously, there are already LOADS of crappy apps on the app store... How in the world could you create an app with a drag and drop editor? Even with iBooks Author you need to know at least html5 to deliver something slightly enjoyable...
C'mon people, there is no 5 minute app-cookbook. Adobe tried to make dumb-keen html editor with Muse but they just demonstrated how the approach fails at every level.
I will lol at you when Apple will eventually discontinue Xcode. Think about that. lol
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charlituna
macrumors G3
And how are they supposed to do that with a mass privacy violation
ombrenelcielo
macrumors regular
They already do that: almost every app has at least one different tracking "spyware" embedded, like localytics or something similar.
The usage is tracked and there are certain parameters to measure if you opt-out, more or less based on the actual usage patterns. Of course the deletion is not itslef trackable at this stage.
I don't see how Apple is not already keeping similar app statistics, I assume they have all the equipment and knowledge to track anonymously patterns of usage and behaviors of consumers. It's very likely they do it already, we should take a better look to our agreements with apple to find it out.
madmax_2069
macrumors 6502a
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I know that half of the apps are either useless or a clone of another app, so most of those apps only bloat the number of apps downloaded.
I know that half of the apps are either useless or a clone of another app, so most of those apps only bloat the number of apps downloaded.
What the hell are you on about? Someone asked for a simplified software to automate app creation a la iBooks author for people that need to create a few sets of pretty much standardised apps for mostly theirs or their institutions use. And you sneered at them, with well there's Xcode. Well that's not what they asked for though. I didn't opine on whether his request is valid or not, i would agree though it would help a lot of people out, but of course it could never supersede Xcode. I don't want, and I don't expect Xcode to go, how could it? How else would people code then?
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There are multiple 3rd party prosumers and non-developer app creation platforms and services already. But most of the apps that these platforms create can be done as web sites. And just like web sites, it's hard to make a good app without hiring (or becoming) people that know what they're doing.
EvilEvil
macrumors 65816
Yeah I've downloaded the crap ton of games and usually get bored of them quick and delete them. I probably only play maybe 3-5 games on a regular basis.
ombrenelcielo
macrumors regular
I am on about the fact that there is no need for such a tool. It will only help to inflate the number of useless apps around.
I mean it might have market. But no value as it won't be possible to do anything useful without coding (as it is today).
Oh yeah, my bad.