I've had (very) modest success at passive income ($60-100 a month) with a niche iPhone app. The nice thing about it is that it is truly passive. I haven't touched the ting in over a year (I know I should update and improve on it but I lost interest in it pretty quickly).
Upvoted. Corporations are regulated significantly less, and as they become more and more powerful, it becomes more important to pay attention to what they're doing.
> Italian Fascism and most other fascist movements promote a corporatist economy whereby, in theory, representatives of capital and labour interest groups work together within sectoral corporations to create both harmonious labour relations and maximization of production that would serve the national interest. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facism
(EDIT: I do take small issue with 'governments wanting to privatize.' I don't think the government does at all. Other interests, yes. The point still stands.)
I can't for the life of me remember what I put out on geocities but it was probably something to do with Star Wars. I think my username back then was Fett82. Good times...
It's nice to see some noteworthy CS/Mathmatics accomplishments coming from outside Stanford and MIT. But perhaps I'm biased being from the Dallas area.
The idea of "one or more" stores distributing these apps seems likely to hurt profit margins for developers. I was intrigued until they mentioned that aspect.
If I'm understanding this correctly the competition wouldn't be dev vs dev but store vs store. If that is the case then your app becomes a commodity and each store will try to compete on price, lowering the dev's profit margin in the process.
That's like saying that having more than one grocery store hurts farmers. The farmers choose what price they sell their produce at, and the stores have to choose their own price based on how much profit they need to make on each sale.
In other words, nobody will be forcing these developers to be on a particular store -- unlike Apple's App Store, where you have to play on their terms.
Precisely. Stores aren't just competing to get users, they're competing to get developers. If one store offers a higher profit margin for developers then that store will have the best apps.
If someone could launch a competitor to the Apple App store, and say "I'm going to take half the margin that apple takes from app developers", I think developers would flock to that store, and then so would customers.
I'm sure you'll have Mozilla pushing their web app store, officially sanctioned. However, you'll be able to setup your own store as well, and sell directly from your web site if you want.
I'd like to see a poll of users to find out what percent actually uses instant as it is meant to be used. I know I still do searches how I always have, by hitting enter. I imagine most non-technical users are still hitting enter.
The thing that all these people who are bullish on streaming content replacing TV never discuss is sports. It the main reason I haven't ditched a cable subscription. Plus I don't like the idea of 5 different content providers replacing the 1 I have now, where's the convenience in that?
Agreed on both points, really. Sports is basically the major reason why most people I know still have interest in cable. But sports leagues are getting smart about it-- and it's pretty surprising how much can be found on ESPN360 & through (still expensive) individual league subscriptions.
More subscriptions isn't necessarily more convenient but, with the right management/organization tools, could theoretically be more practical (and cheaper)...
