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The peculiar thing about programmers is that they're the one profession that can easily work remotely and travel, and yet they're the one profession that doesn'
by cageface 15y ago
The peculiar thing about programmers is that they're the one profession that can easily work remotely and travel, and yet they're the one profession that doesn't.
Just don't try to build a business as an indie iOS dev if you want to travel. I've been trying to do this for the last year but this week Apple disabled my iTunes account, insisting that I'm not allowed to access it from Asia since my credit card account is a U.S. account. They've categorically refused to budge on this so now I can't even update apps I've bought through iTunes or the Mac App store. Since the apps I write have to be able to interoperate with other music apps, they've effectively shut me down.
- pault 15y agoI had this problem when I was living in Thailand. I just set up OpenVPN on my linode, problem solved. http://library.linode.com/networking/openvpn http://library.linode.com/networking/openvpn
- cageface 15y agoGood idea, but I don't really feel comfortable building a business at constant risk of some new whim from Apple's security algorithms. I know quite a few other iOS devs have made this work but I feel like I've had the better part of a year's work yanked out from under me and I don't want to take a chance of that happening again.
- pault 15y agoOh, that.
- coob 15y agoWell if you're going to let a minor inconvenience like geo-restricted service access prick your plans maybe it's not for you.
- cageface 15y agoI don't really feel comfortable building a business on a platform that requires me to break its rules to support it. Who's to say that whatever hacks I put in today will work tomorrow?
- alphamale3000 15y agoAlways, always, use a ssh tunnel when interacting with mega-corporations abroad. Except when you book hotel nights or transport tickets at the last minute.