High quality apps with high quality marketing will do just fine, just like every other business.
You can still win the lottery though. Look at Draw Something. The company was basically out of business, then the app hit it big, it went viral, and they made millions.
The app store is great for managing app downloads and updates. It's even okay for showing off popular apps. It should never be the ONLY way that anyone tries to drive sales.
They had millions investments in that company and the almost broke seems to be a 'nice story telling'; 'we were almost broke and then ...' appears often on HN; seems people like this all-or-nothing attitude. To me, as a person who wants to pay his employees and who does not want the trouble of being broke, it means you are not watching, or you don't have a bottom line. What's great about that? I don't understand that attitude of burning millions on the off chance you'll make billions.
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High quality apps with high quality marketing will do just fine, just like every other business.
You can still win the lottery though. Look at Draw Something. The company was basically out of business, then the app hit it big, it went viral, and they made millions.
The app store is great for managing app downloads and updates. It's even okay for showing off popular apps. It should never be the ONLY way that anyone tries to drive sales.
They had millions investments in that company and the almost broke seems to be a 'nice story telling'; 'we were almost broke and then ...' appears often on HN; seems people like this all-or-nothing attitude. To me, as a person who wants to pay his employees and who does not want the trouble of being broke, it means you are not watching, or you don't have a bottom line. What's great about that? I don't understand that attitude of burning millions on the off chance you'll make billions.