http://research.gigaom.com/2010/07/why-the-app-store-police-need-more-muscle-not-less/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://research.gigaom.com/2010/07/why-the-app-store-police-need-more-muscle-not-less/#comment-1016 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:30:25 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=38678#comment-1016 Thanks for the comments, Paul. It will certainly be interesting to see how the App Store evolves — I agree that more premium content will emerge (especially the enterprise stuff), but there will also be an increase in ad-supported apps (including plenty more crap). Apple has the benefit of being the sole distributor of iPhone apps, so it can do as it pleases. But I think there will be an opportunity for someone to step up and play the role of distributor of only top-notch Android apps.

]]> http://research.gigaom.com/2010/07/why-the-app-store-police-need-more-muscle-not-less/#comment-1010 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:03:27 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=38678#comment-1010 Excellent piece, Colin. I wonder how Apple’s filtering system will evolve (or not) as more premium content finds its way into the App Store and the average price of paid apps begins to increase. If there were real money at stake for developers, pressure on Apple (and Google for that matter) to crack down on copy-cats and knockoffs might increase. But that would only work if the infrastructure and culture for such policing are in place.

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