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diamondsea
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Comment #2297539
You might also want to offer an "I AM" version of this as well.
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Comment #2297452
I think the whole method that these sites use to deliver content is completely backwards, at least from the user perspective. The goal of going to a web site is ultimately to get t…
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Comment #2250976
They can sell other places, but not promote those other places within the app. They could offer their subscription on their web site and collect 100%. Their app would then be requi…
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Comment #2250914
I've been trying to figure out a reason other than greed for this move, and I think you nailed it: It's a barrier to entry for competing media distribution platforms. Apple makes m…
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Comment #2249058
It's more for content you don't control that you want to include in a site. For example, if you want to show the CNN feed within a secure portal page, it will give you the mixed-co…
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Comment #2249051
Correct, it's for showing off-site content on your own secure pages, such as a portal site showing a photo-of-the-day from another site or an RSS feed containing images. Yes, you c…
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Comment #2210425
I set it up as an RSS feed and read it on my iPhone in idle times in Google Reader. I've also found that I seem to need at least one distraction, so if I play some good music (I se…
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Is this site worth developing / promoting or too niche?
I was tired of running into problems with encrypted pages not being able to show off-site content without giving IE Mixed Content warnings, so I threw this site together in few hou…