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Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by technoslut »

latch wrote: post #3

I'm not sure why they don't just pull the app. They admit that it's bringing them virtually no users and it's a frustrating experience. With only a 1.3% market share (1), what reasons can there be to bother with it? (1) http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=32494

Sometimes I think it's best for a developer to take a chance instead of playing it safe because it can bring a greater reward. They chose a platform they enjoyed and which they could get in on the ground floor. As they say, fortune favors the bold.

As an example, if The Omni Group decided to go to Windows instead of NeXTStep, there's a possibility that they would never be successful as they are now.

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Post by amishforkfight »

sp332 wrote: post #7
jpxxx wrote: post #5

It know it's one of those irrational "the things you can't say on TV are the things you can't say on TV" kind of situations, but sexual innuendo and financial software don't mesh.

I know, I thought it was a bit too much. They really can't see how some people might be offended?

Who would get offended by that? It's not even close to offensive.

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by SlipperySlope »

Could it be that the trouble with developing for a mobile OS lumped in the 'other' category is that it is not a major ecosystem?

iPhone and Android app stores are well-worn paths for hundreds of thousands of developers world wide - right or wrong?

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by amishforkfight »

latch wrote: post #3

I'm not sure why they don't just pull the app. They admit that it's bringing them virtually no users and it's a frustrating experience. With only a 1.3% market share (1), what reasons can there be to bother with it? (1) http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=32494

I'd imagine the allure of getting in early, perhaps?

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by majormajor »

amishforkfight wrote: post #13
sp332 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know, I thought it was a bit too much. They really can't see how some people might be offended?

Who would get offended by that? It's not even close to offensive.

Note the country list: "Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, United Arab Emirates"

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by jpxxx »

amishforkfight wrote: post #13
sp332 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know, I thought it was a bit too much. They really can't see how some people might be offended?

Who would get offended by that? It's not even close to offensive.

No, it's not offensive at all. But software can cast a net across seven billion people and there are plenty who would be upset at the idea of even the slightest innuendo. It's irrational, it's not fun, and it's kind of a sad commentary on humanity, but these are the rules of the game.

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by sp332 »

amishforkfight wrote: post #13
sp332 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know, I thought it was a bit too much. They really can't see how some people might be offended?

Who would get offended by that? It's not even close to offensive.

I was close to being offended before I realized that it was supposed to be an offhand joke. And then I was still a little offended, and I can see how some people really would not like that said about them.

edit: i'm trying to explain what about it offends me. I guess that it's making assumptions about my sexuality which is pretty personal, or making light of my sexuality which is pretty important.

Re: Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

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Post by nnq »

"Offensive" context example: Imagine you're a woman in some mostly-islamic-and-not-so-women-rights-friendly country, you use this app on your phone and bang, your husband sees the loading screen joke about "other toys" (and of course he has an iphone and doesn't know about this app and the joke) ...only he can't remember seeing those toys himself so... who did you buy them for then? ...nex: let your ultra-violent imagination run wild
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