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diamondsea
16y ago
You might also want to offer an "I AM" version of this as well.
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diamondsea
16y ago
I think the whole method that these sites use to deliver content is completely backwards, at least from the user perspective. The goal of going to a web site is ultimately to get the content you are looking for. If you're going to Twitter,
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diamondsea
16y ago
They can sell other places, but not promote those other places within the app. They could offer their subscription on their web site and collect 100%. Their app would then be required to offer the same subscription deal as an in-app purcha
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diamondsea
16y ago
I've been trying to figure out a reason other than greed for this move, and I think you nailed it: It's a barrier to entry for competing media distribution platforms. Apple makes most of it's non-app-store money off media sales and this w
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diamondsea
16y ago
It's more for content you don't control that you want to include in a site. For example, if you want to show the CNN feed within a secure portal page, it will give you the mixed-content warning because of the images in the feed. Running th
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diamondsea
16y ago
Correct, it's for showing off-site content on your own secure pages, such as a portal site showing a photo-of-the-day from another site or an RSS feed containing images. Yes, you could roll your own solution, but this is, well, easier and l
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diamondsea
16y ago
I set it up as an RSS feed and read it on my iPhone in idle times in Google Reader. I've also found that I seem to need at least one distraction, so if I play some good music (I seem to work best to Queensryche or Eminem) that keeps the "I
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Is this site worth developing / promoting or too niche?
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diamondsea
16y ago
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