Hey! this is overpass insights my name is Eric and I make apps now today let's
talk about the future of the app market both in terms of theory and actuality
okay so last week I did my annual app revenue report so I shared how much money I made from my
applications in 2020 and I was really hesitant to do it because 2020 was not a great year for me I
mean I made more in 2018 2019 and 2020 not because of the app market itself but I just sort of
slacked off a little bit and my revenue went down so but I shared it anyway because like I said
I can't just share the good times I'll share the bad times too and a lot of you guys posted
really good comments some of you guys made a lot more money than I did and you're doing really
well there and some of you guys are still not quite there yet and you made a lot less but you
shared it too and I really appreciate that and one person even thought I was lying like I think
you're lying I said what would my motivation be for lying to say that I'm making a lot less
money but anyway it was really good you guys go go back and read the comments uh you know that's
great right because we've been hearing all the time how apps are dying right I had this on the
live stream this past week do you think apps are dying tech lead says apps are dead
and when I start seeing evidence of it then I will agree that apps are dead but people are still
making money on the app markets and I appreciate everybody sharing what they've done because we
could talk about academic we could talk about theory all day long right but when somebody tells
you know this ad network is better than the others but they haven't done it themselves
then they're just talking theory they're talking about something they've read right and we could
all read things but it's the experiences that we have and it's the experiences that we share
that help us improve right I mean everybody's talking about things I have for years I've
heard the same things you know uh apps are dead in fact I had a I had a meeting with a
client a couple years ago uh they were a prospect I didn't work with them because
I'll tell you why so I had this meeting with a prospect it was like I met with uh two people who
had left this big corporation and they decided to go out and create a consultancy company and
they wanted to do an app so I met with one of them she was nice and then she said I want you
to meet my business partner and he came in and he was just sort of like I could see why he wanted to
be a consultant he was just starting out he was so full of himself and he was just like
so Eric I hate to tell you this but I've heard that apps are dying and I said yeah
there's a new thing it's called uh progressive web apps and I said yes I know all about him
and he goes yeah apparently those are taking over so I'm sorry to be the harbinger of bad news
and I was like you know first of all he was like just he's just he's a talker right the world is
full of talkers and I appreciate that all you guys who shared your revenue that you're actually doers
you're actually someone who goes out and does things and put things out there uh but I've
been hearing that for ages apps are dying PWA are taking over yet I am not seen a big mainstream PWA
that a company has decided hey we're just going to skip the app store all together let's go straight
to PWA and when somebody does say what about this one what about this one and I go back and look at
it's like they still have apps on the app store too so they're still not leaving that particularly
even though for years we've been saying that so again it's theory over actual so I appreciate
everybody who did that now I wanted to share with you this comment this is the whole reason I made
the video which is you know taking a while to get here this one comes from Christopher Anoigbo
he commented on his app revenue he says hey Eric I just wanted to share I started watching
your videos like three years ago and joining your weekly friday meetups they're on mondays now last
year I made over 50 000 in sale and this month I'm set to make more than my app uh more from my
app than my job salary which is six figures dude that is awesome that is really really cool i love
the fact that you said you started watching the videos three years ago as if that was a reason
you did well right there's I will share with you anything I know on this channel anything I learn
as we go anything that works for me or doesn't work for me I'm happy to share that with you guys
but this Christopher was all on him the reason he's done well is because he's the type of person
who has the enthusiasm to charge forward he has the kind of enthusiasm that he will watch videos
about app development he's like when you're so enthusiastic about something when you're fully 100
you're all in you'll watch every video read every book start you know you're just
you're just thinking about it constantly and it's not that I don't think Christopher did well with
apps because he watched this channel I think he did well with apps because he's the kind of person
who would watch a channel like this right and and I think that the same goes for a lot of you guys
right it goes back to that you are the reflection of the people you surround yourself with and if
you're just out there dealing with the talkers who haven't done anything who are talking about theory
all the time then you're you know then you'll never get anywhere but if you're around people
who are actually experimenting trying new things then you will I know I know I know I am totally
rambling off on this video today but I think about it a lot I really appreciate you guys who
are doing things and you're sharing stuff with me uh and you're sharing stuff with each other and we
have this community for those guys who show up on the live streams every well Monday nights now
just to you know and you share what you know and what you've been trying and what's worked for you
I think it makes us all better because otherwise we just talk about theory we
can just talk about theory and what should work but what actually works
anyway wow what a ramble hey that is it for today I'll talk to you guys again next time