We seem to be on a roll again about this whole “indie is not viable” discussion. Next up, Allen Pike on Supply-Side Blues. If you haven’t read them yet, I posted a couple other articles on this topic [see indie]. Allen’s post is spot-on with my assessment – the AppStore is becoming much like the music …
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The AppStore Ice Cream Truck
Charles Perry (no relation), wrote this follow-up to Brent Simmons’ Love post (app store, indies, etc). Here’s the question I posted to Charles – Does it change if the ice cream truck is the only one you’re allowed to sell on, yet the entire menu is only the top-sellers? @mistercameron The App Store only features …
Indie Love
Is going indie on iOS viable? Nope. Don’t bother. First, by Brent Simmons: http://inessential.com/2015/06/30/love Then, Gruber follows: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/06/30/the-love-era Hit the nail on the head. I have an app currently in development that might have a reasonable chance of doing OK, but I can’t see making my entire living off of it. Sounds great, huh? Here’s the thing – …
The Human Connection
From Brent Simmons’ post: Why I Love Indies and You Do Too: I’ve noticed something obvious about popular music — it’s almost never instrumental. There’s always a human voice singing a melody. We humans love human voices. That’s what we get from indies that we don’t get from corporations. We get that human voice and the emotional …