> I'm assuming a top 100 app that got talked about sold at least 1000 copies for at least a few dollars each
No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. And there's no actual evidence I can find that the app was "talked about" anywhere.
Yeah, I just wanted to get an idea of just how much money he was making.
If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original.
> If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original.
With every comment the developer makes, it becomes more and more apparent to me that the developer's story is a lie, and this HN submission was just a publicity stunt, perhaps in a desperate attempt to escape from App Store oblivion. There are no links or concrete proof given of any of the developer's claims. Unfortunately, the audience appears to have taken the story for granted with no skepticism.
No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. And there's no actual evidence I can find that the app was "talked about" anywhere.