App Store is still growing, but not as much as expected says Katy Huberty

I'm sick and tired money-based analysts. They all have their agendas, most not having anything to do with the long term success of a company. Everything is short term. They all need to just go away.

amar99 said:

Not sure how an app store with an infinitely expanding collection of 99% useless apps is supposed to be a sign of health, but one which doesn't expand in terms of the number of apps is tagged as unhealthy or concerning. To me, a slowdown would indicate that the store's getting too crowded to support new devs, and the fact that the platform has basically stayed the same for over a decade for the most part. There might be more than 10 great apps which have paid to push themselves to the top of lists, searches, etc. But we may never know because they're buried under everything else thanks to the search options Apple has implemented.

Dear Apple: Make your search function in the appstore more powerful please! We need more curated lists of apps which are actually good, not ones which match a set of keywords or socially-promoted criteria.

Lot of bullshit in this post. "The platform basically stayed the same". Uh, no. The App Store has had massive changes and improvements over the past decade. 10 great apps? What?

There's a ton of curated app lists in the store, and lots of editorialized content. I've never, ever had an issue finding high quality apps. Also, this isn't a "sign" of anything. An App Store can't keep growing at an exponential rate, you reach a point of saturation. 

slurpy said:

amar99 said:

Not sure how an app store with an infinitely expanding collection of 99% useless apps is supposed to be a sign of health, but one which doesn't expand in terms of the number of apps is tagged as unhealthy or concerning. To me, a slowdown would indicate that the store's getting too crowded to support new devs, and the fact that the platform has basically stayed the same for over a decade for the most part. There might be more than 10 great apps which have paid to push themselves to the top of lists, searches, etc. But we may never know because they're buried under everything else thanks to the search options Apple has implemented.

Dear Apple: Make your search function in the appstore more powerful please! We need more curated lists of apps which are actually good, not ones which match a set of keywords or socially-promoted criteria.

Lot of bullshit in this post. "The platform basically stayed the same". Uh, no. The App Store has had massive changes and improvements over the past decade. 10 great apps? What?

There's a ton of curated app lists in the store, and lots of editorialized content. I've never, ever had an issue finding high quality apps. Also, this isn't a "sign" of anything. An App Store can't keep growing at an exponential rate, you reach a point of saturation. 

He fell for the analyst nonsense. Think about the implication.  The App Store is declining!  In fact, that’s not at all the case.  It’s expanding year-over-year just not quite as quickly. “Decline in revenue growth year over year.”  Never mind that it’s growing during an increasingly tough time.