That's the thing, are devs really making money? A small handful of them are, sure. But if you look at the research MOST apps are just zombie apps, they sit on the marketplace and no one buys them or downloads them. Add to that the extreme redundancy, some apps have thousands of different versions by different devs and you can see why it's just a smokescreen.
Apps are a fad IMO. Bundling Photoshop into an "app" with on big green GO button and one big red STOP button will never work. Some apps lend themselves greatly to the app format, of course. But complicated desktop programs do not IMO. Edit: Let me clarify, IMO apps are a fad in the case of an app replacing a complicated desktop program, not apps in general which I find very useful when in a mobile situation. Putting my point another way, are you really going to write your masters thesis while standing on the subway with one hand on the pole? Some people seem to think they are and apps will help them do that.
You keep saying my platform of choice is lacking in apps, and I keep telling you that's not what I'm seeing. Between the overblown exaggerated app market and its importance to the consumer (see the research, NOT opinion links I posted) and how good the windows marketplace has gotten in the past 1-2 years that's just not the case. Not to rehash my other thread where I asked mac users what apps they were missing on windows, but feel free to point out an app that's missing that a large majority of consumers download.... yep.... You see I'm not marginalizing apps, my point is simple, the whole app debate is overblown and not nearly as much of an issue as made out to be.
As for desktop stuff if you think that "programs" are not being developed and sold anymore I've got a great bridge to sell you. Think about so many industries which rely on desktop stuff, medical, engineering, graphics, etc. just to name a very few. This entire Post PC era utter BS Jobs espoused is just a ruse to get consumers to buy an iPad AND a MacBook laptop.
