Why aren't any of the Apps Universal Binary?

[Joshuarocks]

I was browsing the App Store recently and even the most simplest and smallest are INTEL ONLY.. Granted, I know its been like 4-5 years since PowerPC has been dropped, but you would expect that most of the smaller apps on the app store would be UNIVERSAL BINARY? I have the following macs, of which 70 percent of my work is done on my PowerBook G4(everyday computing tasks, while on the mac pro I do my dvd ripping, and some dvd encoding).

Its a real shame that UB is dying, but you would think the many minor software developers would design some of these apps to work on both Intel and PPC..

My macs: 2010 6-core Mac Pro(originally was 2009, but bought new boards for it). PowerBook G4 1.67 Hi-Res 17 inch w/PATA SSD. PowerBook G3 Pismo, or "pismo" for my OS 9 nostalgia, and finally a Gateway P-6860fx gaming laptop for my windows needs.

While I did install windows 7 on my 2009 parts, the 2010 parts I haven't attempted to install windows 7 on due to problems I heard with the newer graphics cards.

 

[old-wiz]

The app store is only available in 10.6.6, which only works on Intel anyway, so there's no need for universal binaries.

 

[Joshuarocks]

The app store is only available in 10.6.6, which only works on Intel anyway, so there's no need for universal binaries.

Still doesn't answer the question..

 

[yetanotherdave]

Still doesn't answer the question..

Yes it does, why support universal binary on a system that is intel only?

 

[JoeG4]

Apple isn't going to make money off of PPC mac users - even if they made profits off of universal binaries it just isn't worth it to them I suppose. Too bad. They'd rather see all of the G5s and G4s that are still perfectly usable in landfills.

Why is beyond me. I refuse to throw away a perfectly good computer. >>

So yea, no 10.5.x version of the App store, and if you make your app a universal binary apple will not allow it on the app store. Strange I know.