07.28.14
Down on Smartphone Grub Street
In the Culture of Lickspittle even the app economy takes no prisoners. It’s winner take all and the devil take everyone but the top 1.6 percent.
According to a comprehensive survey of app developers for Android and iOS, 98 percent off all developers earn less than $500/month. Many make virtually nothing at all.
The latter make up forty seven percent of all developers and are dubbed, straightforwardly, “have nothings” — because they make zip.
“The majority of app businesses are not sustainable at current revenue levels,” reads on “key insight.” “[Fifty percent] of iOS developers and 64% of Android developers are below the ‘app poverty line” of $500 per app per month.”