Re: Web Apps store equivalents

Observing that 99.999% (*) of apps are loss making (in opportunity cost terms at least) for individual developers seeking their fortunes in the apps marketplace, one has to question the long-term viability of that model for the seller, at least, and the wisdom of copying the model as a fundamental tenet of a catch-up philosophy. 

"All that glisters is not gold".

Jo

(*) and also observing that 99% of statistics quoted are made up on the spot with no basis in research.

On 7 Mar 2013, at 10:52, Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> As Jonas pointed out, native developers benefit from an ecosystem where
> they can get easily compensated for their work.
> 
> Application stores (as Frederick highlighted in his introduction)
> fulfill several goals:
> * a more or less unique (per platform) entry point for developers and
> users to trade on app
> * a search engine for apps
> * a way for users to rate and review apps, and see the rates and reviews
> from other users
> * a curated collection of apps that are known to work for a given device
> and that users can trust
> * a way to collect money for developers
> 
> What if anything can we do to provide at least some of these benefits
> equivalents for the Web?
> 
> I'll start separate threads on each of these points.
> 
> Dom
> 
> 
> 
>

Received on Thursday, 7 March 2013 22:45:51 UTC