There are a ton of new apps available since the app store was opened. The iPhone has the single largest repository of applications for a phone, but is the NDA preventing it from being even bigger?
An article from ars is talking about the sour points of the developers still being under NDA. They list a few examples of why this hurts, and can’t come up with good reasons for them to still be under NDA. I guess it is just the way of apple.
Ars lists the following problems
- Less Productive Coding
- No Books on Shelves - this cuts down on 3rd party sales
- Stability problems with the code
- Enforceability of the License agreement
But they also included a great quote about how this affects users and sentiment towards Apple:
The important thing is that Apple’s developers also have a lot of really positive things to say about Apple. I think it’s comparable to the mini-fiascos regarding the iPhone launch and MobileMe; are customers going to hold a long-term resentment against Apple because of some snags along the way? Not when the end product is as great as it is.