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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Not unlike the situation developers are facing now - at one time, Mac had 2-3% market share. Apple today says it's 20. There's a new market for Mac apps, arguably, that didn't exist a few years ago. It's growing every quarter by millions of consumer too.
Ultimately, though I agree with you. Apple will position the App Store as the preeminent place to get the highest quality apps. Developers will make up the 30% cut on volume no doubt.
There are big benefits potentially for consumers, and for developers too if they can afford Apple's cut. It's potentially going to be a very good thing for everyone.
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As Flames mentioned above, a huge factor is starting closed vs open and a transition to closed.
I do see A LOT of small developers loving the idea of this app store- for example, many people had not heard of an application called iFlicks i recently pointed out. Apps like that would greatly benefit from such an App Store, as it would handle distribution, payment, marketing all in one. I do NOT see Microsoft Office *ever* (and apps of the same stature, AutoCAD etc) hitting the Mac App Store.
The End result: Mac users will find a lot of excellent apps they never heard about, these developers will profit and have a potential to make millions (Angry Birds devs!) And hopefully, as we have seen in the transition of iOS apps, the quality keeps going up and up.