Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers

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Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 07, 2013 @04:52PM from the more-money-more-apps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the eyes of the tech world fixed on CES this week, Apple this morning conveniently decided to issue a press release announcing that the iTunes App Store has now topped over 40 billion downloads. That's an incredible feat, to be sure, but even more incredible is that nearly half of those downloads occurred in 2012. In December alone, iOS users downloaded over 2 billion applications, setting a monthly record in the process."

Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers

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RMS (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 07, 2013 @04:55PM (#42509719)

Hurr durr. Apple hurts developers.

Re:RMS (Score:5, Funny)

by homey of my owney ( 975234 ) writes: on Monday January 07, 2013 @05:38PM (#42510473)

Mmmmm, indeed. $7 billion worth of hurt.... Ouch.

Re:Unique downloads? (Score:3, Funny)

by Master Moose ( 1243274 ) writes: on Monday January 07, 2013 @06:37PM (#42511315) Homepage

Take a user who got the original iPhone and bought each new version of the iPhone. .
..out the back and shoot him.

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