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by arielm 10y ago
I echo the sentiment and think there's misalignment between the value and the monetization strategy for many apps. I wrote about it as well https://arielmichaeli.com/my-thoughts-on-vespers-unfortunate... Ultimately a l
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My thoughts on Vesper's unfortunate end(arielmichaeli.com)
1 points by arielm 10y ago|0 comments
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by arielm 10y ago
I think there are a variety of reasons for this. Some simple - stores set limits around 100 MB. And more complex ones - many top games have a very casual nature and rely on unlocking new content for revenue. That said, Gameloft doesn't
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Heavy games don't seem to rank well in app stores(medium.com)
1 points by arielm 10y ago|1 comments
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by arielm 10y ago
appFigures | New York, NY | Onsite - appFigures is a leading app store intelligence platform that aims to make app store data accessible to everyone. We take lots of data and turn it into meaningful insights so app makers and other industry
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by arielm 10y ago
Given that all of this took place legally in a courtroom I don't think anarchy should be an issue now or in the future.
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by arielm 10y ago
I guess. Until Gawker finds something juicy on them...
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by arielm 10y ago
That's a really valid point, especially if they agree not to collect additional personal information... My guess is that they kind of have to because they have an agreement with the 3rd party that's handling this.
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by arielm 10y ago
I see your points, but I think you are speaking about this at a higher level that isn't necessarily specific to this particular implementation. I agree that when used by the direct posters, affiliate links cause a misalignment of incen
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by arielm 10y ago
Primarily because when they are done at the post level, meaning, when those that post add them there's a misalignment of incentive in many cases. In this case however, since the posters aren't putting them in there's no incen
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by arielm 10y ago
Ads in most contexts are intrusive and more often than not aren't targeted and irrelevant. Yes, they ruin the experience. They rarely ruin it enough that is just close the tab and not use the site, but that doesn't really mean any
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by arielm 10y ago
I completely agree and don't get why so many people are so grossly upset. Peter Thiel didn't use his money to bribe anyone, he didn't do anything illegal for Hulk. The court made a decision and Gawker needs to live with the c
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by arielm 10y ago
I think this is a great attempt by Reddit to become sustainable that isn't purely based on display advertising. I personally dislike affiliate links just like most others but unlike ads they don't ruin my browsing experience and a
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by arielm 10y ago
I think looking at it this way is a bit naive. While I agree that "attachments" shouldn't take up tweet text, the 140 character limit is a core component of the service. Call it a micro blog or a mass SMS, Twitter is 140 char
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We messed up – A lesson in scale(medium.com)
7 points by arielm 11y ago|0 comments
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by arielm 11y ago
I agree with other comments that competing in a global economy requires a great app, but what it also requires is running the business that created that app like a real company. That means more than just building a great app. Developers tha
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by arielm 11y ago
I think the startup world has become somewhat of a fork of how real companies should be built. Over the last few years companies have been investing into "scaling" and getting traction with no real revenue to substantiate any of t
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by arielm 11y ago
Totally agree. In a world that runs on money getting to profitability should not just be something you strive to get to but rather something you have. Until you do you shouldn't let anything else take away from your focus.
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by arielm 11y ago
I think going into any market knowing you won't have any advantage (tech or otherwise) is how you waste time (and potentially money). A few years ago I saw a keynote at a game development conference talking about how on the app store m
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by arielm 11y ago
That has to be wrong. This blog post is a bit old but shows around 1.25mm apps on the iOS App Store at the beginning of 2015. http://blog.appfigures.com/app-stores-growth-accelerates-in-... I also think 500k apps is either
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by arielm 11y ago
That's probably true, but in most cases users don't think about how what they just signed up for is served under the hood, so there is some merit in this view.
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Easily share your app reviews with Review Cards(blog.appfigures.com)
1 points by arielm 11y ago|0 comments
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How Big Is the Apple TV App Store?(blog.appfigures.com)
1 points by arielm 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How many of you live far from your parents? And how do you deal with it?
2 points by arielm 11y ago|1 comments
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by arielm 11y ago
I agree. I also wouldn't really call them sharing... Who's sharing? We're paying for a service. Nothing else.
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by arielm 11y ago
I don't know if that's their way of saying "no", I think if anything it's their way of increasing the value of a ride. In a dense city like NYC however, where there are a ton of alternatives, I think it's more
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by arielm 11y ago
Haha, not really. I just noticed this pattern and figured I'd share it.
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by arielm 11y ago
It's definitely possible that this has nothing to do with revenue and everything to do with allocating limited resources better. Either way, knowing this means I don't have to pay surge pricing ;)
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by arielm 11y ago
That's certainly possible. I doubt that supply fluctuates that much for the price to change that quickly though. Maybe Uber lowers the trigger for surge during specific times of the day where they know the supply does fluctuate. My exp
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How I no longer pay Uber's surge rates(medium.com)
37 points by arielm 11y ago|39 comments

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