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Show HN: I open-sourced my Dropbox-based Mac sharing app

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Re: Show HN: I open-sourced my Dropbox-based Mac sharing app

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Post by johnw »

Hi HNers - I posted the below explanation to GitHub but I'm reposting it below as well in case you don't see it:

I originally did this project as a Mac app that I was intending to sell but unfortunately it didn't take off the way I'd hoped. When Apple rejected it from the Mac App Store for depending on Dropbox that was the final nail in the coffin and I had to abandon it and move onto other projects. I'm now open sourcing it and making it free - mostly because I'm still using it and don't want it to die. Others have emailed me and asked if I would consider open sourcing it. So here we are.

Let me know if you have questions. I'd love to have some help improving the app.

Re: Show HN: I open-sourced my Dropbox-based Mac sharing app

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Post by zura »

johnw wrote: post #2

Hi HNers - I posted the below explanation to GitHub but I'm reposting it below as well in case you don't see it: I originally did this project as a Mac app that I was intending to sell but unfortunately it didn't take off the way I'd hoped. When Apple rejected it from the Mac App Store for depending on Dropbox that was the final nail in the coffin and I had to abandon it and move onto other projects. I'm now open sou…

Maybe if you had had Dropbox vs iCloud choice, Apple had not rejected it.

Re: Show HN: I open-sourced my Dropbox-based Mac sharing app

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Post by frenger »

zura wrote: post #4
johnw wrote: post #2

Hi HNers - I posted the below explanation to GitHub but I'm reposting it below as well in case you don't see it: I originally did this project as a Mac app that I was intending to sell but unfortunately it didn't take off the way I'd hoped. When Apple rejected it from the Mac App Store for depending on Dropbox that was the final nail in the coffin and I had to abandon it and move onto other projects. I'm now open sou…

Maybe if you had had Dropbox vs iCloud choice, Apple had not rejected it.

Doesn't sound possible given the friends-shared data store. Can't use multiple data stores, particularly when they're totally different in operation.

Re: Show HN: I open-sourced my Dropbox-based Mac sharing app

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Post by jemeshsu »

zura wrote: post #4
johnw wrote: post #2

Hi HNers - I posted the below explanation to GitHub but I'm reposting it below as well in case you don't see it: I originally did this project as a Mac app that I was intending to sell but unfortunately it didn't take off the way I'd hoped. When Apple rejected it from the Mac App Store for depending on Dropbox that was the final nail in the coffin and I had to abandon it and move onto other projects. I'm now open sou…

Maybe if you had had Dropbox vs iCloud choice, Apple had not rejected it.

Apple will not reject your app just because you're using Dropbox. See 1Password as an example. I did an app using iCloud in an unconventional way, and got a call from Apple reviewer asking me to use Dropbox instead.
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