I think you should read this: <a href="http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67" rel="nofollow">http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/67</a><p>It's a shift that we tech people need to be aware of. People are getting far more than 99c of value out of goofy little fun or even one-time-use apps. How much value is there in something that you can show to your kid, your partner, your friend, your potential love interest and make them <i>laugh!</i> I know much of it's not particularly appealing from a computer science / software engineering standpoint. But from a human standpoint, this is fascinating and wonderful.<p>There's room for (somewhat) sophisticated productivity apps and the like on phones, but there is also a big, big market for stuff that's just <i>fun</i>! Unless human nature changes in 6-12 months (either users decide they don't want fun little novelty apps or developers decide they don't want to make the money from selling them) I think the App Store is rather unlikely to become "unused".