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Re: Ask HN: What is the best way for a single developer to get its first downloads?

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The app basically allows you to view articles and videos from "within" facebook, twitter (and others) apps in a mobile friendly view.

Sounds interesting, can you attach some screenshots?

just released it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inlineread...

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way for a single developer to get its first downloads?

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What are games, but apps intended to relieve the pain of boredom?

For me at least, games tend to fit one of the following two categories: 1) Fun caused by learning—whether if it's an 80's style sidescroller a racing game or a RTS, many many games are about steadily mastering skills and using them to take on progressively harder challenges. 2) Immersive stories—RPGs can offer many of the same benefits of either reading fiction or watching movies. This type is pretty rare on a mobile…

I know I'm a little late in replying, but you're taking the term pain overly literally. My point was that you can frame anything in terms of pain.

For example if you're playing a game to learn, you can view that as trying to escape the pain of ignorance.

There's nothing morose about it.

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