So I Considered AppStore vs. Cydia

From ChaZg33k on So I Made My iPhone Say Hello, World…

Why would you want to use the App Store when you could submit to Cydia?

Hmm. Troll, or serious question? Guess I’ll respond as a serious question, because I have something serious to say.

Cydia is cool. But the AppStore reaches more iPhones (all jailbroken and all “stock” iPhones) - and most people I see with an iPhone don’t have it jailbroken (and yes, I’ve been asking - current ratio is about 10:1).

Also, there’s a strange behavior with iPhone users - they actually seem willing to PAY for software in the AppStore! <NY Times>.

Given the prevalence of Crackulous, I don’t know that the same holds true for many Cydia users (n.b., I use Cydia, but not Crackulous, and yes, I realize that there are fair use arguments for tools like that, and that the DMCA also has a few arguments to make).

kb

P.S. Just about ready to submit my first app to the AppStore (nothing fancy, though it made me build infrastructure and experience for other projects I have going), then hoping to begin posting more about details, and should be following on with more interesting apps shortly!