Thread: How can we encourage iPhone developers to develop on Maemo?
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2009-08-19 , 20:50
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Originally Posted by Wes Doobner View Post
... to me the app store is one of the most democratic, socially driven retail environments I have ever seen. Good apps bubble to the surface; they get word of mouth on blogs and in news reports. Bad apps - same thing. Reviews are right there for the taking. iPhone apps are talked about, shown off, and reported on every day all over the place. Yes some are farts and glow sticks. Most aren't.
Dude, I give huge props to Apple for their masterful marketing and generally incredible product design. They know which consumer's buttons to press and in what specific order to do so.

But AppStore = democratic?? Get real..
The FCC wouldn't be making a fuss over it if it's 'democratic'. What the (current) AppStore has is just a popularity-based announcement system. I've read they're working hard to implement a better system to overcome the deluge of apps (+70K now???) with tags and such, we'll see what they can come up with.
 

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