Originally Posted by mogelijk
My thought would be for Apple to allow watch faces to be "sold" through the App Store. This way, Apple could still maintain control and try to prevent copyright issues while giving users much more choice in the watch face they use. It would be interesting to see what new designs are created. I wouldn't be surprised to see tie-in watch faces (for things like games and movies). Then again, Apple may have signed an exclusive deal with Disney, to get Mickey, Minnie, and Toy Story characters on the watch, and this is part of the reason they have so heavily restricted the watch face.
Selling Watch faces through the store would still be a problem because Apple would have to curate every Watch face for copyright violation. They didn't do a very good job with that Swiss train station clock years back. They changed a few elements but it was too close for Swiss comfort.
That still would address the fact that less than stellar faces would cheap the look in some eyes, especially Apple's, who's going for some elegance over utility. Rolls-Royce wanted their car back after John Lennon had it custom painted, because they felt in damaged their image in the luxury car sector.
Apple absolutely had to make a deal for the Disney characters. There may already be other deals made for more characters, but I wonder if any will be made after that since Disney did/is pull/pulling their content from iTunes.
But yes, Apple needs more Watch faces. That's
partly mainly the reason I'll get a Nike+ S3C. LOL
