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by zapdrive 14y ago
That is kind of an extreme step to protect your brand! How about domains like EmbargoDaddy, that has nothing to do with their trademark or brand name.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
lol... looks like a disgruntled employee :)
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by zapdrive 14y ago
I think Apple is the new Microsoft.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
And Stripe to hire 400 people over the next few weeks! I hope thats true.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
a) we were not developing for just for iOS. Our service is not an iOS only App. Our iOS App is just a tiny part of the whole package. b) We knew App Store was the only channel, we also knew paid apps have to pay 30%. We, like many other peo
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Thats a good point you raise. But at the end, there is the ultimate reason that Apple has: "Just because other Apps are doing this, does not mean you can do this too." I think they have put "cloud storage" into a category, that has to offer
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by zapdrive 14y ago
No, we can not sell our service to people who have iPads without paying a 30% cut to Apple. Again, as mentioned in the article, we think there is nothing wrong with Apple having an App Store and charging a 30% fee. What's wrong is, Apple fo
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by zapdrive 14y ago
What do you mean that we will lose 30% from only the first sale? If a user subscribes using IAP, their subsequent payments will also be charged a 30% fee by Apple. Won't they? And its not the question of whether we can do business at $x * 7
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Well, thats another thing we are exploring. If a third party developer makes an App "ZapDrive Browser" using our API and does not link to the website, that should be ok. Because, technically, they can not offer IAP, since they can't do it i
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by zapdrive 14y ago
But you can setup a lemonade stand elsewhere and sell to people who buy at Walmart.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Well, this is kind of off-topic for this thread. But anyways, the text you quoted actually says: "No downloads or installation required. 100% safe and secure!" That means, you are not vulnerable to any virus or trojans, as you are not downl
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Yes, we are working on this. But being a startup, we will be really hurt by this. No iOS customers are going to use our service. However, we would be happy to lead the change. If this becomes a trend, and more and more companies follow our
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by zapdrive 14y ago
The problem is, the 33% smartphone market is 100% controlled by Apple. Nobody can enter that market, unless they have Apple's blessing.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Well first of all, you are totally wrong. Read my comment below ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4642321 ) to know how we are not in the same category as Netflix, Spotify etc. Second, We are not iOS developers. Our iOS app is just anot
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by zapdrive 14y ago
TYPO: That was clause 11.14, not 1.14.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
No, that's what we did. But it did not work. If you are thinking about Netflix or Kindle App, 1.14 of the "App Store Review Guidelines" says: "Apps can read or play approved content (specifically magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music,
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by zapdrive 14y ago
MS came under fire, not because it bundled its own browser, but because it was bullying other companies who were bundling Netscape with their PCs. (If I am not wrong, I think MS threatened to stop doing business with HP, if they bundled Net
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by zapdrive 14y ago
I don't think that is something Apple would "approve".
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by zapdrive 14y ago
It is explained, by buying an iOS based product, they are causing a loss to consumers in general.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
We actually proposed this idea to the person from Apple who was dealing with us, and although he said he can not "pre-approve" anything, but this seems to be ok, and within Apple's guidelines: 1. Users pay $19.99/year for 100 GB for a plan
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Why every iPhone/iPad owner needs to read this.(blog.zapdrive.com)
11 points by zapdrive 14y ago|44 comments
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by zapdrive 14y ago
We use SSL. As you might have noticed, we don't have any software that needs to be installed to use our service. We use the operating systems inbuilt 'Drive Mapping' feature, and all the communication is done over SSL. Also, we are differen
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Could not reproduce the bug on Safari OS X 10.6.8, the button becomes enabled as soon as the error message is displayed. Will test on OS X 10.7.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Yes, the connection is encrypted through SSL. You can make any folder public, by right clicking on it and selecting "Get Public Link". You will get a link that you can share with anyone.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
What I would really like to do for Mozilla is, fix the memory leak problem in the Mac version :( (Never used the windows version, so don't know if it exists in windows too)
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Disclaimer: I work for ZapDrive, and we just launched yesterday!
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by zapdrive 14y ago
ZapDrive.com! You get 100 GB for just $19.99/year. Upgrade upto 10 TB at the same rate. (200 GB for 39.99/year and so on...). And, unlike Dropbox, you don't have to save everything on your computer, cuz ZapDrive behaves like a network drive
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Doesn't work on my Google Nexus either.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
The only thing keeping silverlight alive is Netflix. I wonder why they use it in first place.
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by zapdrive 14y ago
Is M$ trying the Apple approach? To be in control of everything? Is this the beginning of another walled garden? Will M$ succeed at it?

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