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The App.net reward program probably motivated them as well: http://blog.app.net/blog/2012/09/27/announcing-the-app-net-developer-incentive-program/ http://blog.
by kmfrk 14y ago
The App.net reward program probably motivated them as well: http://blog.app.net/blog/2012/09/27/announcing-the-app-net-developer-incentive-program/ http://blog.app.net/blog/2012/09/27/announcing-the-app-net-d....
I think the App.net guys made an astute observation that the biggest hurdle to attracting developers was doing away with the perception as the platform as a gamble for developers.
It doesn't hurt that the Tapbots guys used the Tweetbot apps to piggyback on, of course.
- perishabledave 14y agoThe reward program was announced a week before Netbot was released (that is, today). Doesn't seem like the reward program was around when they decided to port over Tweetbot.
- msbarnett 14y agoUnlikely (read: impossible). Even if they could have ported it in the 6 days since that announcement, there's no way they rammed a new app through App Store approval that fast. They'd probably already have had to have submitted it before the announcement given current wait times.
- kmfrk 14y agoThat's a good point. I didn't even consider the approval process in the App Store.