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by jollins 4y ago
I’m pretty certain the price removal was due to App Store and Play store policy. If you list the price, users expect to be able to purchase in-app, which then means Audible forks over the 30% tariff the platforms take.
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by jollins 4y ago
This writer is really entitled. It is a free tier for a service that costs money to host and maintain. Of course there are upgrade prompts. I use Feedly (free) as a hosting service, and Reeder or one of the other many great RSS client apps
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by jollins 5y ago
They have. See their responses to the Senate anti-trust panel. Also in numerous interviews.
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by jollins 6y ago
Is the Epic game store the only place to get software on Windows?
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by jollins 6y ago
I realize this won’t change your simplistic “Europe good USA bad” worldview but relatively high CA taxes do support good social services and as a CA resident I have benefitted. There is a strong paid family leave program for new parents or
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by jollins 6y ago
Why do you keep bringing up examples of other corporations acting like jerks to excuse Apple acting like a jerk?
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by jollins 6y ago
A video game console isn't used for programming, video production, writing, homework, etc. You know what I mean. The fact that they are specially packaged PC parts is beside the point. You keep bringing up video game distribution thoug
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by jollins 6y ago
The rules on the store in this area have changed interpretations without notice. It not being a new rule but becoming far more strict all of a sudden is a big part of the issue. Also, going to the press works. DHH is taking one for the team
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by jollins 6y ago
To clarify, Hey does provide only a login, and no outside linking (or reference to outside payment, as Apple requires). Apple is now requiring that in-app-purchases must exist for "consumer apps" that aren't "readers&q
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by jollins 6y ago
I see the game console argument come up a a lot and I really don’t think it sticks. Game consoles are not general purpose computers and have a much more narrow intended purpose. Apple themselves argue that the iPad is just as capable (or mo
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by jollins 6y ago
The Facebook html5 example predates react-native and all the other under-the-hood features and apps powered-by-JS that people don’t notice now.
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by jollins 6y ago
Facebook was pouring resources into their HTML5 mobile apps ten years ago. I’m not saying web apps on mobile feel native now by any means, but I don’t think that’s a good example of a big company trying and failing anymore.
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by jollins 7y ago
As you said yourself though, this was 10 years ago.
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by jollins 8y ago
This isn’t good advise. Angular 1.X is discontinued and uses confusing patterns not used in Angular 2 , React, Preact, Vue etc. specializing in it is a very bad career move.