carpeaqua by Justin Williams

Quality, Not Quantity

I realize it’s somewhat cliché to link to Daring Fireball, but this essay sums up what I’ve been saying about the AppStore for awhile:

But my interest remains, as ever, in the quality of the apps, not the quantity. Let’s say that when the dust starts to settle in this market, Android winds up with far fewer total apps than iPhone OS, but they’re of generally higher quality. That would make Android the Mac to the iPhone’s Windows. I would switch to that platform. (Feel free to substitute WebOS for Android in the above hypothetical.)

While there may be half a dozen Netflix queue management or bowling scoring apps on the AppStore, it doesn’t mean any of them are actually any good. In some cases the choices are so bad that it leaves a poor taste in my mouth and has me contemplating another platform that isn’t run amok with low quality solutions and “me too” software.

Posted on October 28th, 2009 in Linked