Apple anxiously awaits the selling of their billionth App

2009-04-10 10:29:17

#1

mafia996630: © 2009 Jeff Minard; +319|7191|d

Link:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/appl … pp-downlo/

Apple's going all out in anticipation of a landmark for the company -- the downloading of one billion apps in the App store. Not bad for nine months of work, if you think about it: over 110 million a month, in fact. About 27 million a week... well, you get the idea. Oh yeah, they're giving away a bunch of stuff too, so be sure to check that out if the mood strikes you.

Countdown:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/

Currently at :

928 977 785

Not that apple doesnt suck.

edit: and geez, do people still pay for apps.

Last edited by mafia996630 (2009-04-10 10:30:33)

2009-04-10 10:50:44

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6216|Catherine Black

Doesn't make them good.

2009-04-10 10:51:26

#3

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7189

apps are for people with too much money

2009-04-10 10:52:17

#4

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7006|Columbus, OH

after losing several legit MP3s, I am never going to pay apple again....this goes for apps too.

2009-04-10 10:53:03

#5

Ioan92: Member; +337|6150

928 977 785

Well, now we know an approximation of the number of faggots with a computer.

*let the flames start*

2009-04-10 10:55:21

#6

mafia996630: © 2009 Jeff Minard; +319|7191|d

loubot wrote:
after losing several legit MP3s, I am never going to pay apple again....this goes for apps too.

Welcome to the dark side!

or be it the stealing people's livelihoods side.

2009-04-10 10:56:58

#7

=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6793|California

Do you have to buy the apps with money or can you get the free ones and still be included in the sweepstakes??

2009-04-10 11:14:18

#8

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7006|Columbus, OH

mafia996630 wrote:
loubot wrote:
after losing several legit MP3s, I am never going to pay apple again....this goes for apps too.
Welcome to the dark side!

or be it the stealing people's livelihoods side.

BWAHAHA they can work some where else for all I care

2009-04-10 11:17:15

#9

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|7055|UK

Why would they be anxious?

2009-04-10 13:24:48

#10

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6921|N. Ireland

Ioan92 wrote:
928 977 785
Well, now we know an approximation of the number of faggots with a computer.

*let the flames start*

You think people just get 1 app on their iPhone / iPod?

Nice winner prizes.

2009-04-10 13:29:24

#11

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6216|Catherine Black

kylef wrote:
Ioan92 wrote:
928 977 785
Well, now we know an approximation of the number of faggots with a computer.

*let the flames start*
You think people just get 1 app on their iPhone / iPod?

Nice winner prizes.

I think he thought this was to celebrate the 1billionth Apple computer..

Spoiler (highlight to read):
I did too come to think about it

2009-04-10 13:38:05

#12

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6013

I plugged my brothers itouch into my computer so that I could add an album from Prodigy. I walked away after plugging it in. Itunes decided while I was gone to delete all his apps. Fuck em.

2009-04-10 13:39:37

#13

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6921|N. Ireland

Finray wrote:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
I did too come to think about it

Using skills - the page title didn't give it away?

2009-04-10 13:46:30

#14

Ioan92: Member; +337|6150

Ioan92 wrote:
928 977 785
Well, now we know an approximation of the number of faggots with a computer.

*let the flames start*

Last edited by Ioan92 (2009-04-10 13:46:46)

2009-04-10 13:57:22

#15

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6898

I'm taking it that you don't have iTunes or Quicktime codecs then, Ioan92?

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2009-04-10 14:04:10

#16

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6181|Roma

I do like iTunes, but after losing an entire album bought from iTunes store for no fcking reason i'm pretty pissed off at them.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/8ea27f2d75b353b0a18b096ed75ec5e142da7cc2.png

2009-04-10 14:05:22

#17

Ioan92: Member; +337|6150

Uzique wrote:
I'm taking it that you don't have iTunes or Quicktime codecs then, Ioan92?

No.

2009-04-10 14:10:43

#18

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6898

aerodynamic wrote:
I do like iTunes, but after losing an entire album bought from iTunes store for no fcking reason i'm pretty pissed off at them.

Surely it's still all stored on your iTunes Store Account? I know for a fact I've formatted and lost all my music-videos and purchased albums severa times and have entitled to redownload it for free. Lern2Itunes.

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2009-04-10 16:29:00

#19

Jesus, ant this finished yet.

930 914 000 and counting.

Request thread close after countdown finishes.

2009-04-10 16:33:28

#20

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6898

mafia996630 wrote:
Jesus, ant this finished yet.

930 914 000 and counting.

Request thread close after countdown finishes.

Jeez, I'm sure they apologize for not filling up 70 fucking million downloads in a fast-enough time for the BF2s average-thread lifespan.

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2009-04-10 16:34:37

#21

Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|7005|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

liquidat0r wrote:
Why would they be anxious?

People suddenly going like " Da fuck! Apple suck man"

and they stop buying everything they sell, thus destroying their millstone

2009-04-10 23:28:31

#22

xBlackPantherx: Grow up, or die; +142|6770|California

Oh, btw for all you "Fuck apple"ers and such, the thread title is a little misleading. It's not so much 'sold' as 'downloaded'. 75% of that billion apps could be the free apps. There's a lot of them. 80% of my apps are free. 15% are ones a family member has bought and I put on (you are entitled to share it like music to five people) and 5% are ones I've bought and, I think, 1 app of that 5% was over $1.

That's impressive though. For 9 months of work, the only thing that had that kind of output in 9 months was the amount of cells growing in a fetus over 9 months of pregnancy.

EDIT: You have to admit. What Apple did with their app SDK, letting other people design millions upon millions of apps, and they get a % of the money is brilliant. Gives people with no real experience with product selling and marketing an actual chance. The average joe who created Trism(?) App made, I think it was 3/4 of a million $ in the first month from a week of programming an app. Simply fucking brilliant.

Last edited by xBlackPantherx (2009-04-10 23:43:02)

2009-04-10 23:32:20

#23

Mattimus: Wardimus; +16|6252

I have an iPod Touch. It fucking rocks.

I used to bag the shit out of Apple as well until I actually bought my Touch.. And I love it.

2009-04-11 01:36:51

#24

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6896

Mattimus wrote:
I have an iPod Touch. It fucking rocks.

I used to bag the shit out of Apple as well until I actually bought my Touch.. And I love it.

Why the hell did you buy it in the first place then? That makes no sense.

2009-04-11 02:42:28

#25

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|7109|Disaster Free Zone

WTF is an app.

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