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I subscribe to @eli's point... The constraint of having to rely on the App Stores is the stifling factor. Mobile applications have still not gotten to the sta

by RaSoJo 14y ago

I subscribe to @eli's point... The constraint of having to rely on the App Stores is the stifling factor. Mobile applications have still not gotten to the stage where a pure Mobile web app could do everything that a downloadable one can. And for the downloadable ones the end consumer has become completely reliant on the "big two"...the other app stores are almost non-existent. Being reliant on the "big two" stifle quick turnaround, experimentation, payment methodologies, and having to toe the line to bizarre rules drawn up almost by whim. It is a matter of time of course that things can become mobile first (mumble mumble HTML5 mumble mumble) Eventually..umm..hopefully.. It will come down to just "the Internet" once again rather than having to customize on platforms, as desktops become more mobile and mobile devices become as powerful as desktops.

rimantas 14y ago
> stifle quick turnaround, experimentation, payment > methodologies As a consumer I will take well thought out and well executed product over quick turnaround. Experimentation? I am not a laboratory animal. Payment methodologies? Just give me one method to pay!
- RaSoJo 14y ago
  I am a consumer too =) And i enjoy subscribing to beta versions on all my web products... I enjoy being pleasantly surprised...and that surprise won't happen unless the app developers have complete control over the eco-system, thereby freeing up experimentation... If i, as a consumer, am not pleasantly surprised i shall go my own way to the nearest competitor. But having the "big two" put down rules as to what an app developer should and shouldn't do stifles things. The app developers want a democracy and the consumers are smart enough to judge what is good and what is rot. Hence why the rules?