And in the computer industry, where success depends partly on support from third-party softwaredevelopers and compatibility with other machines, low profits and low market share are as final as a pair of death knells.
Freshdesk had initially hoped its results would show apps with customer support crushing their support-less counterparts since the company offers app developers a free plug-in software product, MobiHelp, to serve as a layered-on customer support solution.
But even complicated tasks rate only a few dollars. iConclude, a software start-up aiming to automate corporate technical support, is using the Turk to evaluate developers who can help write its repair tools.
The producers of the aforementioned Android controllers will rely on developers using their free software development kits to include controller support for their games.
In October, the company updated its open software platform that allows other developers to build Dropbox inside their services to better support websites.