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99 Cent Apps — Chris Ahn

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Starting with the emergence of friend.tech in the fall of last year, I believe we’ve left the “infrastructure phase” of crypto for another “application phase.” This time, I believe we’ve entered the “99 cent app” phase of crypto. By “99 cent apps” I’m referring back to the late 2000s / early 2010s shortly after the launch of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. During that period, many of us have memories of checking the App / Play Store to see what was new and purchasing apps and widgets for 99 cents or less. We didn’t know if the developer of the project would stick around and continue development next year. We didn’t seek out a highly polished experience. And we didn’t think much about paying 99 cents to try something out. A few examples of these apps include: the flashlight app, iBeer, Doodle Jump, the Vuvuzela app, the weather widget, and Camera+. I’m sure you can think of many more. At this time, there was a prevailing culture around creating and trying apps without the pre

Starting with the emergence of friend.tech in the fall of last year, I believe we’ve left the “infrastructure phase” of crypto for another “application phase.” This time, I believe we’ve entered the “99 cent app” phase of crypto. By “99 cent apps” I’m referring back to the late 2000s / early 2010s shortly after the launch of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. During that period, many of us have memories of checking the App / Play Store to see what was new and purchasing apps and widgets for 99 cents or less. We didn’t know if the developer of the project would stick around and continue

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