{"id":316,"date":"2011-01-06T17:32:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payne.org\/?p=316"},"modified":"2011-01-06T17:32:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:32:54","slug":"macos-app-store-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/macos-app-store-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"MacOS App Store, Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the Mac app store is finally here! \u00a0(After I wrote about this<\/a> two years ago). \u00a0This is a huge step, that will fundamentally change the way desktop software is sold.<\/p>\n

I’ve been buying small indie\/utility apps on-line for years (e.g. photography tools, text editors, PDF tools, etc.), but it’s a pain: \u00a0entering payments, dealing with registration codes, doing updates, etc. \u00a0Many large software vendors are offering on-line purchase and download options, and Valve’s Steam platform<\/a> has been around for a while, but it’s only for games.<\/p>\n

This is great for consumers: \u00a0 great (and growing) selection with a seamless purchase, download and install experience. \u00a0Physical media is quickly becoming obsolete.<\/p>\n

But things may be less-great for developers. \u00a0First, like the iOS platforms, Apple will only allow approved apps. \u00a0Also, in exchange for Apple handling payment, distribution, and install,\u00a0developers\u00a0have to give up 30% of the sale price. \u00a0(Think of this as Apple starting to control and tax the desktop software business). \u00a0But most importantly, the ecosystem is becoming so efficient, it will be very\u00a0competitive, with prices dropping over time (just like they did for the iPhone app store).<\/p>\n

But what boggles me the most is Microsoft — are they completely asleep?!? \u00a0They still have ~90% market share, and Microsoft could have easily drafted Apple’s early app store experience into an app store for Windows. \u00a0 They’d be years ahead by now.<\/p>\n

It’s a great time to be a consumer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So the Mac app store is finally here! \u00a0(After I wrote about this two years ago). \u00a0This is a huge step, that will fundamentally change the way desktop software is sold. I’ve been buying small indie\/utility apps on-line for years … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}