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I remember getting some LG phone in maybe 2007 and being excited because I read you could write 3rd party apps and games for it. Then I tried reading the BREW d
by tdeck 2y ago
I remember getting some LG phone in maybe 2007 and being excited because I read you could write 3rd party apps and games for it. Then I tried reading the BREW developer docs and trying the emulator, which were both abysmal. Then I read that just to try an app on my phone I would need to pay hundreds of dollars (IIRC it was $400) to get it signed.
That totally killed my desire to develop for my flip phone.
- mikepurvis 2y agoIt's crazy to think that that's an ecosystem where paying a dollar or more for a ringtone had been normalized.
- ethbr1 2y agoIf you look up the music industy revenue source breakdowns by year, there was a time when ringtone revenue represented 10%. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/music-industry-revenues-by-format/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/music-industry-revenues-by-...