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AppGratis and needless middle-man apps like it are a plague and Apple was good to get rid of them. One thing I love and respect Apple for is their enforcement
by rmrfrmrf 14y ago
AppGratis and needless middle-man apps like it are a plague and Apple was good to get rid of them.
One thing I love and respect Apple for is their enforcement of the "spirit" of the App Store, rather than enslaving themselves to the letter of their contracts. Reading that "appeal" from the AppGratis CEO would make you believe that they're a benevolent company helping the entire world, when really it's pretty easy to read between the lines and see that this was a spammy company whose intention was to skim revenue off the top of the huge AppStore pool by harassing people who download the app.
People think that the App Store approval process is so fickle, but really, it's easy: make a good, original app that stays sandboxed and that makes people want to use it rather than you pestering the user, and it will get approved.
- matwood 14y agoI mostly agree with you, but AppGratis and apps like it point out huge problems with the app store. Discovery and marketing sucks. We have an app with IAPs (not coins, but content) and there is no way for our IAP content to be discovered through the store. Simple app discovery is a mess. Trial apps do not exist. Don't even get me started on the mess that is customer communication. If someone gets a return on your app, good luck finding out any sort of reason. As a developer I want to help each and every customer and make sure they have a great experience, but Apple makes that hard or impossible at every turn.
- TheAnimus 14y agoWhy were people using the App though? Surely no one would if it was needless? I remember laughing that people would have a Tube Status app on their phone, when the webpage surely does the exact same. Fact is its more convenient, so people do it. People apparently liked this app.