The rise of web-based services

David Allison has published a list of his top 10 free Mac utilities. Interesting to note is that four of them are programs associated with web-based services: Skitch, Dropbox, TweetDeck and Google Notifier. There’s definitely a trend here, but I see two potential problems. One is trusting an online service not to lose your stuff. The other is the viability of these services. Eventually they’re going to have to come up with a way to stay in business — and that might mean asking for payment.

Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 in Top-apps