Comment on Apple’s Mac App Store: Gateway for OS X Freemium? by PD

First, I can't believe the paranoia that the Mac App store will be the only way to buy and install apps on a Mac computer. There is no basis for that, it's never been even hinted at. Second, I understand why Apple is not allowing trial and demo versions. Anyone who has ever bought a Windows computer knows that it is rife with frustrating trials and demos. Professional apps don't offer trials and demos, but some smaller boutique and open source apps do. If those companies and individuals choose to continue on that path, trials and demos could be offered on their own websites. Apple is offering, I believe, a central and convenient place for novice and seasoned computer users to find what they need. They are also offering a convenient place for vendors to sell their wares without having to worry about a merchant account, a payment gateway, or a shopping cart. It may or may not work. Time will tell.

Comment on Apple’s Mac App Store: Gateway for OS X Freemium? by PD

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Comment on Apple’s Mac App Store: Gateway for OS X Freemium? by KsbjA

Are you guys kidding me? Apple isn't removing the capability to install apps normally, to install whatever you wish, to live without any store. They just add a new way to publish and discover apps. If you don't want to download or buy apps from the Store, don't do it! It's not like you're forced to use only the Store for finding apps. A Mac isn't an iPhone!

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Comment on Apple’s Mac App Store: Gateway for OS X Freemium? by compulsionstar

i agree if this becomes an exclusive way to put application on the new OSX count me out of Lion. i will stick to Snow leopard for as long as i can. We already have systems like macports, homebrew, and fink for us mac geeks and that is kind of annoying as it is. If there wasn't already an ideological balancing act in the linux community, I don't think Apple taking it and saying that it is just like a rpm or synaptic package systems but monitoring and censoring it is really helps. Isn't one great part of OSX just the fact that you can just drag an application into the applications folder and be done with it without the hassle of an installer or a package manager like linux? seems it's over complicating it or just being a little too power hungry.

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