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Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by readme »

eridius wrote: post #21

Why do you even need a DUNS number? If you're an individual person, just get an individual account and sell it that way. Honestly, this seems a bit like a publicity stunt to me. Everyone loves hating on Apple these days, and if you can tie it to "look at my new opensource project", then BAM, it hits HN front page.

So now you know how to make the front page!

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by vtail »

Why this is even on the front page?

Someone who doesn't have patience decides that selling apps for money is not for them. Fine.

Entrepreneurship requires a lot of hard work and patience. You need to be resourceful.[1] Big news.

1: http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by eduardordm »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #25

If only there were another platform to develop for.

At first I was interested in Android, really. Mostly because I'm an experienced Java programmer. Out of curiosity I started playing with Objective-C and Xcode and loved it. I was also building some toys for android, but I felt I was not learning anything cool, so I lost interest.

It was more about curiosity, really.

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by lessnonymous »

I don't see what problem you're solving by open sourcing, therefore this is just a misguided publicity grab.

* The "open letter" goes from addressing Apple to addressing potential developers.

* What does open-sourcing give you other than people to help you write code for free? You still can't put the app on the app store and therefore can't release it to users.

You can get it on third-party app stores instantly already.

I don't see what problem you're solving by open sourcing, therefore this is just a misguided publicity grab.

If this hiccup is going to stop you creating new things, you're not going to get far.

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by nanijoe »

To be honest, it seems these days like Apple is trying their best to reduce the number of [small] developers that publish to the App Store. I have been selling on the app store for close to 3 years, and in the last 6 months, pretty much every thing that somewhat levels the playing field has been taken away by Apple. The new releases list used to be every apps's chance to be visible for at least 24 - 48 hrs, and if enough people bought your app, it made its way to the top in category list, which in turn gave it visibility as long as people kept buying your app. Apple has removed the new releases list, and have made it very difficult for people to find the top in category lists. The only prominent lists now, are the hand picked apps in the featured category. I find it hard to believe that all this is not intentional. My advise to anyone seeking to develop mobile apps right now? Think it through before you jump in.

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by bennyg »

stewie2 wrote: post #4

how long do we need to wait before apple approves an app? I'm about to ship mine. I heard it used to be 2 weeks, isn't it?

I had an update get pushed in 4 days (two Saturdays ago till the Wednesday after), and just submit a new app this Saturday.

For those interested, here's a shameless plug: http://subvertapps.com/HN - it's a HN reader with, what I think, is the best UI on the App Store for it.

Edit: I should say it's about to come out. Once Apple accepts it. This is more of a sneak-peek.

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by bennyg »

nanijoe wrote: post #36

To be honest, it seems these days like Apple is trying their best to reduce the number of [small] developers that publish to the App Store. I have been selling on the app store for close to 3 years, and in the last 6 months, pretty much every thing that somewhat levels the playing field has been taken away by Apple. The new releases list used to be every apps's chance to be visible for at least 24 - 48 hrs, and if en…

Fuck this mentality. What do we, as a collective community, say to the companies that can't mutate their business models because a player in the field has changed things up (for better or worse)? We tell them to change or die.

Why is this any different? So what you can't depend on a "New Release" list anymore - do something else to get attention. That's basically a fundamental part of our creed, as hackers and as creators.

Re: Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source

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Post by eduardordm »

nanijoe wrote: post #36

To be honest, it seems these days like Apple is trying their best to reduce the number of [small] developers that publish to the App Store. I have been selling on the app store for close to 3 years, and in the last 6 months, pretty much every thing that somewhat levels the playing field has been taken away by Apple. The new releases list used to be every apps's chance to be visible for at least 24 - 48 hrs, and if en…

I heard this a number of times from small developers.

Thanks for sharing.

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