…or it's simply that more than 2,000,000 apps on the App Store, of which many are barely distinguishable or blatant rip-offs of other apps, are just too many to just discover interesting apps "on your own".
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How times change 
my partner used to run a games business. I helped back in the day with artwork and testing.... it was a real homebrew business! It was quite successful around 2000-2013 and it’s kinda amazing how different things are these days. Back then for example all you had to do was release a good game.... now you need to work with streamers and other new marketing things, you need to petition store operators to put your wares on the front page.... in a way it’s worse as it’s just more things to consider. More barriers to entry. I don’t envy new developers. It just looks so difficult to make big bucks with it these days.
Personally I feel the quality of games has dropped significantly. I don’t play them much any more because they’re just relying on single addictive hooks. There are hardly any stories. Too many irritating and greedy mechanisms like free to play, adverts in paid games, paid games being removed from the store. You just don’t get that with Sony or Nintendo. The content you paid for is still available...... still works. There’s the Nintendo Switch which still offers quality gaming but I dunno how long that will last as floodware seems to be appearing on it. Have you even played Mario Odyssey or Breath of the Wild they’re both perfect video games!!
my partner used to run a games business. I helped back in the day with artwork and testing.... it was a real homebrew business! It was quite successful around 2000-2013 and it’s kinda amazing how different things are these days. Back then for example all you had to do was release a good game.... now you need to work with streamers and other new marketing things, you need to petition store operators to put your wares on the front page.... in a way it’s worse as it’s just more things to consider. More barriers to entry. I don’t envy new developers. It just looks so difficult to make big bucks with it these days. Personally I feel the quality of games has dropped significantly. I don’t play them much any more because they’re just relying on single addictive hooks. There are hardly any stories. Too many irritating and greedy mechanisms like free to play, adverts in paid games, paid games being removed from the store. You just don’t get that with Sony or Nintendo. The content you paid for is still available...... still works. There’s the Nintendo Switch which still offers quality gaming but I dunno how long that will last as floodware seems to be appearing on it. Have you even played Mario Odyssey or Breath of the Wild they’re both perfect video games!!
How about allowing me to download apps that are big? I have unlimited data, yet I’m restricted to 150mb. It means I have to connect to WiFi at work to do anything... I don’t have a landline at home anymore as my phone is faster lol.
and they can ... it's called search!
your argument seems to very much echo Radio's control over end users discovery of Music ... yet today and for the last 20yrs the internet and streaming services could be argued as taking the mantle of classic FM Radio DJ's paid and controlled by music conglomerates shifting them a single every week.
Either way it's never stopped people from discoverig what they want (vai group/genre/type - even in apps/software or fashion, etc) ... it just takes the person to do it themselves.
Remember there is a difference between persons and people
Cheers
and they can ... it's called search!
your argument seems to very much echo Radio's control over end users discovery of Music ... yet today and for the last 20yrs the internet and streaming services could be argued as taking the mantle of classic FM Radio DJ's paid and controlled by music conglomerates shifting them a single every week.
Either way it's never stopped people from discoverig what they want (vai group/genre/type - even in apps/software or fashion, etc) ... it just takes the person to do it themselves.
Remember there is a difference between persons and people
Cheers
It’s much easier to sit and take whatever is spoon fed to you, and complain that the thing you wanted wasn’t put on the spoon for you.
Takes work to get up and find a way to get what you want on your own.
Don’t like what’s on your spoon??? Then find a way to get what you want on your own.
If I want something bad enough, I’ll locate it. If it doesn’t exist, I’ll make it.
This, plus their removing the wish list as of iOS 11 was likely a strategic choice rather than a technical one. That way they make it harder for users to track apps the users are interested in, rather than what Apple wants them to look at.
But looks like the big app companies couldn’t be happier with the current situation.
What I really *hate* in the current app store app is that an ad is almost always the first hit when I search for a particular app. Of course I'll never fall for it, but I know quite a few less tech savvy have been had. One example is the Roku remote app, which the official one is free. Someone asked me about buying a replacement remote after her dog chewed it up. I told her to just use the Roku app temporarily, so she goes and downloaded the first one on the list, which requires an in-app purchase, otherwise it'll have popup ads.
I was quite shocked seeing this when iOS 11 first came out with this junk.
I was quite shocked seeing this when iOS 11 first came out with this junk.
Obviously, advertising works. The more visibility, the higher the probability of users. App of the Day is just someone paying Apple to promote their app and Apple finally figured out how to make these "picks" more visible and not hidden in a clutter of other content.
