Congrats Apple! Also, I have been struggling uploading my first iOS app to Apple store since last 10 days!
The App Store turns 10
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I feel that mobile got software distribution correct. It's more like mobile got package management right. Windows is terrible as an example to use for installing/removing software as it has extremely crude (almost non-existent) package management system (referring to Windows Installer here -- .msi files). [0] I like to think of the App store (and equivalent) as a Linux command-line beautified by a GUI shell in a mob…
With Linux desktops I have to know command line stuff and risk having to debug initial wifi issues myself.
>debug initial wifi issues myself.
But doesn't that make you better at troubleshooting and fixing problems in Linux -- a useful skill to have?
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#93Nice thread, I'm trying to build a poor man's app store for the web at appshare.co , but true , you can't beat mobile apps for performance and native integration with your phone
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#94The article was a trip down the memory lane. Cannot believe how quickly a decade has passed since the debut of the first-gen iPhone and subsequent launch of the App store. I still have faint memories of watching a recap of the launch event keynote by Mr. Jobs on a local news channel (though my preteen brain didn't grasp its significance), while being completely oblivious (not that I was unique) to the revolution it w…
Google followed, but Android and Andy Rubin have their roots at Danger, who created very popular white label Internet smartphones for teenagers like the Sidekick years before the iPhone.
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The only reason this should happen is if the Ad-free version was pulled from the App Store.
Your logic sounds right, which takes me back to my original question - is there an App Store policy that Developers have to maintain that Ad-free version or provide some form of compensation to those who paid if the developer decides to pull the Ad-free version
I’ve only seen that happen once and the app wasn’t pulled just not updated. The originsl version of Tetris that was never updated passed the iPhone 4 and then EA introduced a new ad supported version.
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I fail to see how that's unscrupulous, as that's a new version of the app, and that's how software was sold for decades.
I mean, that's a fair point that I completely support, but I was thinking of the cases where the 'new' version has no new features other than a name change.
If you have an actual example of this happening, send a support email to Apple. They generally take this kind of thing fairly seriously (caveat: provided that the app has a large enough audience). It won't help you immediately, but they may better scrutinize later updates from this developer. And they certainly will take categorical action if they find enough bad actors doing something to screw up the App Store as an environment.
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On the one hand, AppStore/Package Management models allow you to do that, on the other hand applications that aren't in the store/repo may as well not exist. To me, part of what makes PCs "Personal Computers" is that I don't need to go through some third party to distribute or acquire software. I don't need anyone's blessing, and I don't need to jump through hoops rooting the device or compiling from source, I just d…
PortableApps are still not as good as mobile where I don't have to store backups of outdated apps personally.
Mobile apps are not as good as portable apps where I can actually go back to an older version if I want to.
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#99Whenever I get a new Windows laptop, the first four or five hours are spent reinstalling software that I use on a daily basis. I can just leave a new phone next to the router. With windows, I have to sit and monitor a lot of things for those four hours along with hunting down the most updated executables and setup files. I feel that mobile got software distribution correct. Thanks a ton, Scott Forstall.
Apt also gets package distribution right, and it predates the app store by many years. When I get a new Debian box, I just sudo apt-get install a list of my most-common programs and I'm off to the races.
With NixOS, I have my entire OS configuration and packages described in a small consistent set of files, which I can point the installer at.
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PortableApps are still not as good as mobile where I don't have to store backups of outdated apps personally.
Mobile apps are not as good as portable apps where I can actually go back to an older version if I want to.
I don't want to think about versions of apps. I just want to use the app.