Davidbarnard.com Website Review

I’ve been pestering Apple for years publicly and privately about the manipulation and outright scams going on in the App Store. Apple has made some progress here and there, but overall Apple’s strictness in some areas and hands off approach in others has disproportionately rewarded bad actors while stifling conscientious developers. can and does dramatically shape the App Store economy. Similar to how governments shape economies through tax law and other policies, Apple shapes the App Store economy through App Review policies, App Store implementation details, editorial decisions, the App Store search algorithm, and in so many other subtle (and not so subtle) ways. I’d love to see Apple wield that power to shape the App Store in ways that will sustain and encourage meaningful development instead of continuing to allow the deck to be stacked against it. I know what you’re thinking… these are just the ramblings of a failed app developer who blames Apple for their own shortcomings. solely on revenue from my apps. And 3 of my apps have grossed over $1M. While my net income (I spend a lot on design, share revenue with partners, pay Apple 30% on some of that, pay self employment tax, pay way too much for health insurance, etc) hasn’t made me a millionaire of people, been featured countless times by Apple, mentioned everywhere from indie blogs to the NY Times, and grossed millions of never been about embaras*ing Apple or denigrating its employees or motives, I want to see this amazing platform Apple created be the best it can possibly be. The App Store is an incredible marketplace that has generated tens of billions in revenue while empowering billions of people around the world to do amazing things with these magical little computers we carry around in our pockets. But I do think the overall to the need for various course corrections over the years. And as the financial incentive to build and maintain great niche apps dries that is the App Store will slowly start to look more like the unkempt Play Store.