First-Day Mac App Store Downloads Top 1 Million

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that the Mac App Store saw over one million downloads in its first day of business yesterday, marking a successful debut for the marketplace that currently offers over 1,000 free and paid applications for Mac OS X Snow Leopard users.

Apple today announced that over one million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in the first day. With more than 1,000 free and paid apps, the Mac App Store brings the revolutionary App Store experience to the Mac, so you can find great new apps, buy them using your iTunes account, download and install them in just one step.

"We're amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Developers have done a great job bringing apps to the store and users are loving how easy and fun the Mac App Store is."

In its press release, Apple also invites other developers to join the Mac App Store, laying out the store's terms that see developers receiving 70% of revenue for apps sold through the store, with no hosting fees and no fees for free applications. More information on Apple's Mac Developer Program is available through Apple's dedicated developer site.

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[NickUK69]

Wow... think of the £'s and $'s.

 

[h1r0ll3r]

Aside from a few downloading issues, I really like this Mac App store. Now all we need are some more cool apps, preferably free

 

[talkingfuture]

Very impressive, I only downloaded 3 who did the other 999,997?

Lets hope there are plenty of great apps to add soon.

 

[CompilerGuy]

So, that's 999,999 downloads of Angry Birds, and 1 download of something else. ;-)

 

[pawelthegreat]

Excellent, congrats Apple!

Hoping my mac is fixed soon.

 

[calderone]

Aside from a few downloading issues, I really like this Mac App store. Now all we need are some more cool apps, preferably free

And so the race to the bottom begins.

"Hey Developers, make some cool apps and give them to me for free."

 

[litchie]

Not that great a number.. given the exposure it had.

 

[guzhogi]

I wonder how much $ was made by Apple.

Appleinsider reports that within 9 hours, the DRM was already bypassed. Looks like many apps just look to see if it has a valid receipt, not whether the receipt belongs to that app & person. Could get a lot more money if developers took the 5-10 minutes needed to do proper receipt checking.

 

[PlipPlop]

Not that great a number.. given the exposure it had.

Its not bad considering the small share of the desktop market Apple has.

 

[Dr McKay]

It was quick to be cracked.

 

[billwilfong]

I wonder how many of these were accidental like mine was. I launched the App Store, logged in and then clicked on a product to get info. My cursor was just a hair to the right too far and immediately purchased a $79 App that I'm now in the process of trying to get a refund for. Why isn't this like the iPhone App Store? On the iPhone you are required to enter your password even on Free Updates! At least give us the option of setting a 1-click purchase. Bad design and a surprise from Apple.

 

[RichardI]

I hate to admit it, but Mr. Jobs is right on the button. I've had great fun with the apps I've already downloaded, and it couldn't be easier.

 

[dXTC]

I'd like to see the breakdown of paid vs. free apps.

That said, the store will obviously do well, and just might convince iPhone/iPod Touch users who otherwise have Windows PCs to consider a Mac mini or base-level iMac.

 

[davidwarren]

I really like the app store, just waiting for more content! Perhaps this is where that patent for desktop ads will be put to use...

I also wish there was an option to not have the apps place directly onto the dock by default, am I missing this option or is my dock doomed to clutter?

 

[Mister Snitch]

And so the race to the bottom begins.

"Hey Developers, make some cool apps and give them to me for free."

Google gives an entire operating system away for free. Facebook loses money in its operations, yet the company is worth billions. Over-the-air TV costs nada for a consumer to watch.

There are plenty of ways for apps to make money besides merely charging for the app.

 

[mobi]

...not too shabby Apple! Saw a few apps of interest myself.

 

[ziggyonice]

I wish iOS apps could just be recompiled for Mac OS X. We'd probably see a surge in the number of apps on the store.

 

[talkingfuture]

I wonder how many items of software were bought from the physical Apple stores yesterday? (I hope nobody bought Aperture on disk, ouch)

 

[yellow]

I really like the concept of the app store for Mac OS X. More developers can get their products in from of more (potential) customers, which means more developers can start developing, which means more folks switching, which means more revenue for folks like me.

My only hope.. it doesn't get so cluttered and difficult to navigate like the iTunes app store.

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

Not that great a number.. given the exposure it had.

Yes it is.

 

[Full of Win]

Google gives an entire operating system away for free. Facebook loses money in its operations, yet the company is worth billions. Over-the-air TV costs nada for a consumer to watch.

There are plenty of ways for apps to make money besides merely charging for the app.

Which include data mining and/or ads. Thanks but no thanks.

 

[Ulf1103]

Aside from a few downloading issues, I really like this Mac App store. Now all we need are some more cool apps, preferably free

You can still download apps straight from the internet, right?
And does someone know if we stil can download apps from the internet (not true the mac-app store) whit Lion?
'cuase ther're gonna be some apps that we like but apple don't gonna give them to us true the mac-app store...

 

[Small White Car]

I wonder how much $ was made by Apple.

Appleinsider reports that within 9 hours, the DRM was already hacked. Looks like many apps just look to see if it has a valid receipt, not whether the receipt belongs to that app & person. Could get a lot more money if developers took the 5-10 minutes needed to do proper receipt checking.

Ok, well that's not really 'hacked.'

If you don't build a door on your house you can't really say I 'broke in' when I walk through the empty frame.

(Tresspassing, perhaps, but not 'broke in.')

I point it out because there really is a big difference between that and if the DRM actually was hacked.

 

[WestonHarvey1]

Google gives an entire operating system away for free. Facebook loses money in its operations, yet the company is worth billions. Over-the-air TV costs nada for a consumer to watch.

There are plenty of ways for apps to make money besides merely charging for the app.

But there's practically no way for most free apps to make money. Bob's Hex Editor doesn't have a titan like Facebook or Google behind it. I don't know how many people will be willing to pay $99 a year to distribute their freeware to you. With the iPhone there's usually an upsell or ads.