Fixing the App Store, part 2 manton.org
@manton how much of your book sales will you put towards forming the EU Indie App Store for you and your fellow Indie developers?
@manton What's on my mind: even if the EU forces Apple to modify their policies to a point where they truly comply and it's a win for developers (especially small ones), doesn't all this apply only in the EU with no hope of being available in America (and other countries) without a similar law enacted in each jurisdiction?
@dfj If there is a similar law in the United States, Apple will have to consider rolling out the changes worldwide. Otherwise it's going to be too much of a hassle for everyone, including Apple.
@Eggfreckles Heh. I would love that but I'm pretty sure at the end of the day my book sales will be a net loss.
@manton Serious suggestion/question: what if the App Store "fix" at this stage is simply to only develop web-apps, kind of like Jobs said in '07 before the app store debuted?
I'm not a developer, so my view is as a consumer. I prefer the nice-ness of native apps, but I think web-apps would work on all platforms with a browser, so development is simpler, but is monetization easy enough without ads?
@jasonmcfadden I think monetization would be fine without ads. Like you said, native apps are usually nicer, but web apps are improving. Only issue is retraining people to "install" apps from the web and not search the App Store.