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OS News on The Devaluing Effect of the Application Store Model

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There's a post at OS News today that discusses some of the real negative impacts of Apple and Android App Stores and the "Freemium" model:

http://www.osnews.co...lication_store_model

Apple (and Google) have instigated a race to the bottom, massively devaluing the work of developers... I have never made a secret out of my dislike of the application store model, exactly because of what it does to independent developers. It devalues their work, and independent, small development houses will simply be unable to survive in this race to the bottom. The end result? Apple and a few large companies win, but independent developers and users lose.



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