_posts/2014-07-31-app-rot.md
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title: "‘App Rot’"
date: 2014-07-31 08:28:44 -05:00
tags:
- apps
- App Store
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custom_type: link
link_url: http://www.marco.org/2014/07/28/app-rot
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Marco Arment:
> The app market is becoming a mature, developed industry, with vastly increased commoditization compared to its early days. Competition is ubiquitous, relentless, and often shameless, even in categories that were previously under-the-radar niches. Standing out requires more effort than ever, yet profits are harder to come by than ever.
>
> Full-time iOS indie developers — people who make the majority of their income from sales of their apps, rather than consulting or other related work — are increasingly rare.
The struggle of the indie developer is real. It all points to the burst of a bubble we've been enjoying the past few of years. I for one, hope those of us who work hard to create quality work can survive the impact.