App Store

[kareila]

Anyone tried it yet? Experiences? Opinions?

I still haven't gotten around to updating to 10.6 on my laptop, so I haven't had a chance to poke around yet. I've been seeing mentions of huge price drops on existing software, though, which is a pleasant surprise. For example, Aperture is reportedly $79 after retailing for $199 on a disc.

Comments

[vlion]

Yeah, there was this meme going around a few days ago about how the app store is likely to kill off a lot of Mac dev shops due to the considerably decreased income/sale.

[kareila]

Presumably the overhead of doing your own marketing and retailing will also decrease, though, offsetting the decreased income?