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by clarky07 11y ago
Just playing devils advocate, but I know people who won't drive a car without making sure everyone has their seat belt on.
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by clarky07 11y ago
hadn't seen them before, looks pretty good. thanks a lot.
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by clarky07 11y ago
I'm planning to refocus my mobile app business, and while I had planned on just continuing on cashing the checks from my other apps, lately I've considered the idea of selling them and really concentrating 100% on the main one. A
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by clarky07 11y ago
alternately, you could not be a fool, and risk 47 million or so instead of every dime.
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by clarky07 11y ago
If everyone gave 10%, it would immediately be a solved problem. No need to spend every possible minute working. 10% would be so much more than is needed.
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by clarky07 11y ago
Can we be sad about the time you are wasting on HN lecturing us about our game playing? Everyone needn't be helping the poor 24/7. There's plenty of room for giving of time and money to better causes and also still having som
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by clarky07 11y ago
To be fair, you can replace EVE with HN in that sentence, and it still works for many people (myself included at various times, for both EVE and HN) I like the charitable view, but I can feel for the sentiment in the parent comment as well.
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by clarky07 11y ago
but man they are the most fun spreadsheets in the world :-P and addicting. I want to make more isk. Why? So that I'll have more isk of course!
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by clarky07 11y ago
Make something you're interested in using yourself. It doesn't matter if the app already exists. Read reviews, see what people do and don't like about it and try to make a better version.
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by clarky07 11y ago
You could work on things for yourself. As a 16 yr old presumably living with your parents there's no risk. I'd suggest starting with a small mobile iPhone or Android app. Make a little bit of side money while building a portfolio
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by clarky07 11y ago
For the sleep tracking component, or just in general? Personally I have no problems charging my watch daily, just like my phone. But it does present an issue if you want to wear it while sleeping. I've never wanted to wear a watch slee
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by clarky07 11y ago
It's a balancing act. If you want to be found by searches for your title, you have to have a branded title (that if needed you could trademark). If you want to just use your top keyword as your name, it's going to be much harder t
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by clarky07 11y ago
But now, the big question is can it compete with Apple Watch? I didn't really "get" the idea at first, but now that I have an Apple Watch I have actually paid attention and enjoyed the activity app for all the reasons you sta
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by clarky07 11y ago
It already exists. Apple watch does what fitbit does along with plenty of other useful stuff. I can't imagine why anyone would use a fitbit instead, other than perhaps cost. That's not a great thing to be your only way of competin
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by clarky07 11y ago
Apple quickly reversed that rejection, and stated that it wasn't their policy in regards to Pebble.
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by clarky07 11y ago
Perhaps it's a poor choice, we'll find out I suppose. The reason is mainly that I know it well, and already have an app that is featured by Apple with great ratings already. To be fair I "picked" the category 4 years ago
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by clarky07 11y ago
I have no problems with it at all, and I think that is the order it should be. I know a lot of devs would prefer to be higher on the food chain though, or at least it seems that way sometimes.
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by clarky07 11y ago
Ha, yeah I've been working to fill in that gap. I did add a skiing/snowboarding tracking app, but it doesn't have quite the same sales as the others, and the skiing season doesn't really start until late december/ja
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by clarky07 11y ago
Yeah so Chomp was a small startup working on app store search that Apple bought. End of June 2012 they did a huge update to the search algorithm, that effected a lot of apps. One of the biggest changes being that free app downloads were wei
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by clarky07 11y ago
Yeah, it's definitely similar. Now, I would like to think I didn't cross into the spam realm, but it's a very similar concept, and it's the same problem. Without upkeep and continuous improvement the sites didn't la
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by clarky07 11y ago
Yeah to an extent. I do think envelope budgeting and debt snowball methods work well.
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by clarky07 11y ago
Oh sure, and as long as devs aren't leaving (they aren't) apple is likely not doing anything "wrong". They have unashamedly said their order of doing things is 1. Good for apple 2. Good for users 3. Good for devs (distan
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by clarky07 11y ago
Usually pretty soon, but it definitely varied over time per app. I never gave up too quickly, probably not quickly enough in some cases (I did an Apple watch update last month for an app that hasn't made more than $10 a month in the la
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by clarky07 11y ago
There is a lot of hate for the app store by developers, and i've dished out some of it, but frankly with over a million apps it's not an easy problem to solve. I actually think the store is in a pretty decent state right now overa
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by clarky07 11y ago
I'd say organic mostly. I read stories of people making the most money they ever made on launch day, and almost none after, but I've only had that experience once, with Debt Snowball. And it still has made more over time than it d
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by clarky07 11y ago
As noted in the other comment, I've tried a lot of different things with varying levels of success, but for the most part working on the product and App Store Optimization have been the biggest things. I do have a lot of new ideas that
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by clarky07 11y ago
It'll definitely be a combination of product and pr. I've done lots of things over the years with varying levels of success, but so far my success has been mostly through product and App Store Optimization. The new App Store Analy
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by clarky07 11y ago
I have a partner that does my graphic design, part time. I'm the only person working full time.
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by clarky07 11y ago
OP here, feel free to ask any questions you might have.
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Four Years of Success and Failure on the App Store(medium.com)
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