The App Store is Like Playing the Lottery

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, May 4, 2012
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  2. jpga13 Banned

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    A tax on the poor?
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  3. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    It only costs $100 to be a dev so if you make any decent app it seems like you would make money.
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  4. Colton127 Well-Known Member

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    It costs $100 to become a developer. It can cost $100,000 to develop an application.
    Colton127, May 4, 2012
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  5. C0C0 Well-Known Member

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    Keyword in bold. It can also cost $0.
    C0C0, May 4, 2012
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  6. JKJones Well-Known Member

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    Well that's depressing.
    JKJones, May 4, 2012
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  7. Colton127 Well-Known Member

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    Time = Money.

    It takes time to create an iOS application. A lot of times it can take easily 100+ hours.

    With the price of graphics/designers and programmers being as it is today, no wonder a lot of Apps do not make back what they costed to make.
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  8. C0C0 Well-Known Member

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    If I make an app, all by myself, in my free time and enjoy it, it doesn't cost me anything.
    C0C0, May 4, 2012
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  9. wman2 New Member

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    Making an app is also a bit like playing monopoly .

    You launch your app at the Go square, but of course you have to pay the $100 to apple for the SDK rather than collecting it from Go. you move on and develop and upgrade your apps by building houses. eventually you get a decent flow of people landing on your apps and paying you. Of course at this point Apple decides they don't like your app and you Go directly to Jail as your app is pulled from the app store.
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  10. Colton127 Well-Known Member

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    This is not how it works at all.
    Colton127, May 4, 2012
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