Yesterday I thought about the irony of Steve Jobs passing and the anti-brigade who decried him as an evil capitalist. I found this to be a sad viewpoint. Steve helped to shape computing and software development in a way which is good for society in a similar way to Henry Ford who made the automobile accessible for nearly everyone who lived in his society.
I see the advent of the $1.00 application as being the on the same level as Ford, who made it some sort of policy to ensure that the workers who built cars could also afford to own one. The $1.00 application has/is helped/heling to empower those who live in less developed worlds to not only purchase the software, but, to also develop it and derive a decent income from it.
Software developers in wealthy countries are the only real losers. Unless these developers and their studios can sell a million $1.00 applications on a regular basis, they won't make enough money to survive and grow as businesses. This hands the advantage to the less wealthy who are intelligent enough to successfully develop software. All that is needed to make money developing software is a basic apple computer, ~US$100 make the software available on iTunes and access to the internet.
Nice one Steve.
RIP.
