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Thoughts on the new App Store
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Boon or bane?
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Boon
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Easy store front
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One click install and upgrade
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Install on ALL your Macs
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In App Store on another Mac, you can download from the "Purchases" section
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Since your authenticated it will install.
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If you "sneaker" net the app it will display the apps registered Apple ID (embedded in the app) and prompt you for the password.
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I think it also tracks UUIDs of installed Macs
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Desktop access to all users running Snow Leopard
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Straight forward terms. The 30/70 split
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Bane
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No trial or demo versions. Can't "unlock" in app.
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No upgrade pricing (more on this later)
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Don't control refunds.
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Growing pains
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Install on "All" your Macs
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Maybe not preferred for the developer
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Some forgot to implement the "control". On purpose?
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"personal" not business.
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Growing pains is going to be the tricky one.
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Many of these are the same kinds of issues developers have already been through with this iOS App Store
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Does that make it less or more painful this time around?
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What we have seen in less than a week.
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"Beta" user experience
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Not obvious to all the new Dock icon
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Only runs on Snow Leopard
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Download to Dock and stick.
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No settings or options
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Uninstall by trash now requires a password even when using an admin account.
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Race to the bottom pricing?
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Tied into marketing and exposure
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TUAW found majority of Apps aren't free. Biggest block in the $20-50 range, then $10-20, $4-5 and finally $1, then free
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Cheaper may not be cheaper, TUAW points out, sales tax on App Store.
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Crapware here we come?
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Name squatting
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Another one from the iOS store
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Weather HD
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To be Installed or not installed
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That is a great and confusing question
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Right now it looks like App Store or not and don't cross the streams
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If it was purchased outside the app store it won't update in the app store
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If you attempt to "re-download" an app not purchased in the App Store it will charge you again.
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Installing a free app via the App Store over an existing installed app does seem to update it and bring it into the App Store model
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Retains data? at least did for Evernote
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Except some apps did
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Bundle ID + version dilemma and confusion
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Problem is this is all VERY confusing for users
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Developers are "choosing" 1 of 3 options
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No App Store
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App Store only
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Lower pricing until users migrate
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Again confusing?
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Pixelmator
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Buy now (again) at reduced price, free update to 2.0 version.
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CoverSutra <-- Developer controversy
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Buy not at $5.00 reduced price, free upgrade to 3.0
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Had originally promised free upgrades to ALL users, not possible with App Store model.
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Both
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OmniGroup
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More rules, less features
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As a result of the not crossing the streams issue
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Apple's app rules restrict things that may be in existing versions of apps
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BBEdit and TextWrangler, authenticated saves (the ability to save changes to files that you do not own) and the command-line tools are not available in the App Store versions.
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Great start, a lot of room for improvement
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Apple and developers will work to get this sorted
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Luckily unlike the iOS store, developers can opt-out (until the consumer or competitive constrain gets too strong)
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I would like to see a better way for consumers to transition existing apps to the App Store.
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