>>This developer is an idiot. >>It's very simple. You can't make people register for no reason just to use an app. (e.g. just to harvest their information.) >

>>This developer is an idiot. >>It's very simple. You can't make people register for no reason just to use an app. (e.g. just to harvest their information.) >>My guess is the author is using a fake controversy to drum up attention for his product. Astroturfing, methinks. I think you're being unduly harsh on this developer. "Read it later" is an instapaper-like app and it makes perfect sense for the app to need an account. My understanding is that read-it-later collects no personal information other than their read-it-later username and password. The app has been around for more than a year. The free version of read-it-later is ranked 22nd in productivity. I think that the developer is genuinely concerned about the rejection and don't see this as astroturfing. Why do you suspect the developer of harvesting user information and astroturfing ? [edit: The parent post was at 10 points around 40 minutes ago. Now it is at -4. That is really interesting :) ]