Monthly Archives: January 2015

#89: The Acute Elbow

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It’s been widely known for some time that very few top apps take home most of the revenue in the App Store. There’s been some uncertainty, though, about exactly how few apps are involved. Today we talk about an analysis of the distribution of App Store revenue that Charles put together and the interesting response that it received.
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#88: They’re Still Your Babies

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If you’ve been a developer on the App Store for any length of time, you’ve probably faced the difficult decision of killing an app. Maybe it’s just not making as much money as you’d hoped. Maybe its codebase has, through neglect, gotten too old to bother updating. Whatever the reason, choosing to end-of-life an app can be a painful choice to make. Today we talk about removing apps from the App Store, and all the business emotional factors that guide our decision.
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