Apps, Apps, and More Apps

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via onlinemba.com. (Link removed by request.)

Cool info graphic. The key stat here for me is this one: “In 2009 alone, Apple accounted for 3.5 billion app downloads—bringing in 99.4% of app revenue, $2.4 billion dollars. As a comparison, Android Marketplace brings in about $60 million a year.”

$60 million, versus $2.4 billion. And people wonder why all the top developers are still with Apple, despite Apple’s so-called “walled garden” approach?

I’ve been reading recently that Google doesn’t really care much about App development for Android, because it sees apps as merely a stopgap measure until HTML 5 can replace the need for apps completely. Well, that would explain why there’s so little effort on Google’s part to make the platform more attractive and lucrative for app developers. But if developers can’t make any money in app sales now, how are they going to make any money with HTML 5 apps that everyone will expect to be free?

I don’t think Google cares. They are still playing that same broken record. Browser, browser, browser. Because that’s the only place Google has ever known how to make money. In the browser. With ads.