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Fun quick read. Scary part to me is that this seems like something that could actually happen pretty easily.

> You can't be tied to the dollar without backing your coin with dollars. Not exactly. There are projects like Maker and sUSD which create synthetic dollar equivalents via collater…

Based on recent events, I'm sure this will be well received...

Well said. Exactly right.

Some general backend and web work, and some blockchain stuff as well. The latter is the opposite set of tradeoffs. Completely permissionless, but lots of riff-raff and scammy nonse…

Yeah, I agree. I hope the legal system forces Apple to allow opt-in third party app stores. Would go a long way towards alleviating these kinds of situations.

Those situations are in no way comparable. It's wild to me you think they are. No one is saying they are responsible for promoting your app. What we're saying is that if they're go…

This is just another way of saying "Apple doesn't give a f*ck about indie developers." Might be true, but it's still shitty.

That's a BS answer, and if it's the one Apple wants to give, then they should not be surprised when they 1) are seen by devs as a unattractive platform to build a business on 2) Ge…

Generally I agree, though this App does have a broad enough market that it could probably be sold as sustainably as a one-time upgrade for years without exhausting the potential, e…

Interesting thoughts. Not sure what the developer could have done differently, here? The App is published on Apple's Platform, and it's impossible for him to distribute outside the…

>It seems likely Apple has downrated the phrase "weight loss" altogether. What makes you say that?

Wow. I literally use this App every single day. I think it was $5 and I have gotten enormous value from it for 3+ years. Sad that what is probably a random glitch on Apple's part c…