(2009-07-18) Google Vs App Store

Google thinks the AppStore is irrelevant in the future, that we'll move away from Fat Client-s toward the Web Browser (Mobile Web) again. Michael Abbott , head of application software for Palm (Palm Pre), said advances in the browser being introduced through HTML5 standards meant that web applications could tap features of particular phones such as their accelerometers. A commenter notes that people seem more willing to pay for apps than webapps.

Mark Bernstein points at other problems. If you can't predict whether Apple will let you sell your software, you can't invest in making good software.