Comments on: Apple: “Flatulence is Ok, Breasts Aren’t” http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/apple-flatulence-is-ok-breasts-arent/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:57:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jeff Rankin-Lowe http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/apple-flatulence-is-ok-breasts-arent/#comment-922578 Jeff Rankin-Lowe Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:46:41 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/?p=2150#comment-922578 After 300 million downloads, surely the territory is no longer completely uncharted? If they don't have a good idea of what's selling and what's not, or of what's objectionable and to what proportion of the customers, then someone at Apple needs to take a course and learn how to analyze sales. I have enough confidence in Apple to believe that they are doing that analysis, probably on an hourly basis, so this territory is well-charted. The fact that it's only 6 months old is so significantly offset by the number of downloads that it is definitely not a factor. Companies in business for 10 years with 1 million downloads do not have better-charted territory by virtue of longevity. Quantity vastly outweighs time for this sort of thing. The number of sales, not the time taken to achieve them, is what's important and 300 million downloads provides mountains of data to mine. After 300 million downloads, surely the territory is no longer completely uncharted? If they don’t have a good idea of what’s selling and what’s not, or of what’s objectionable and to what proportion of the customers, then someone at Apple needs to take a course and learn how to analyze sales.

I have enough confidence in Apple to believe that they are doing that analysis, probably on an hourly basis, so this territory is well-charted.

The fact that it’s only 6 months old is so significantly offset by the number of downloads that it is definitely not a factor. Companies in business for 10 years with 1 million downloads do not have better-charted territory by virtue of longevity.

Quantity vastly outweighs time for this sort of thing. The number of sales, not the time taken to achieve them, is what’s important and 300 million downloads provides mountains of data to mine.

]]> By: Michael Sitarzewski http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/apple-flatulence-is-ok-breasts-arent/#comment-919257 Michael Sitarzewski Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:25:12 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/?p=2150#comment-919257 "They [Apple] have the right to accept or reject whichever apps they want. However, I think Apple realizes that developers suffer from lack of clarity." That about sums it up. Keep in mind that the App Store is not even 6 months old, has 2.5 million downloads a day and has seen more than 300 million downloads total. This is completely uncharted territory, and Apple, like any other company, can make mistakes. It'll get ironed out... pot shots are just a byproduct of their unprecedented success. “They [Apple] have the right to accept or reject whichever apps they want. However, I think Apple realizes that developers suffer from lack of clarity.”

That about sums it up. Keep in mind that the App Store is not even 6 months old, has 2.5 million downloads a day and has seen more than 300 million downloads total. This is completely uncharted territory, and Apple, like any other company, can make mistakes.

It’ll get ironed out… pot shots are just a byproduct of their unprecedented success.

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