The issue is that there are developpers who are hosting hundres of similar apps on Apple’s store. Apple is cracking down on this by limiting the number of look alike or similar apps that a developer is allowed to serve. For example, I worked with a developer who created apps for small radio stations and podcasts. He was recently told that apps had to be transferred to specific developpers or removed. This has also been used in bad ways by developpers making similar apps, but with different names, so Apple is trying to combat this. Unfortunately the practice hurts the developpers like Blindfold games who are making unique apps, but have dozens of them in the App store. Unfortunately, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Lenron Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 9:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates Really apple this sounds like total crap to me. Why not let you know before you get to the point of having so many games that this would be a problem. I don't see the logic behind what they are doing. On 11/8/17, Liam Erven <[email protected]> wrote: > Josh. You realize all of his games would have to be rewritten from the > ground up right? > It’s not exactly a rainy day project. > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Josh Kennedy > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > just switch to google play store so we android users can have more games > please. thanks. and a new talkback just came out recently 6.0 beta. it works > very good. > > > On 11/8/2017 20:37, Liam Erven wrote: > It’s unfortunate, but I’ve talked to some other developpers who have had the > same issues. > Mainly developpers who are designing apps as 3rd parties get hit by this. > I will certainly write and Call Apple though. Maybe enough people can give > you some sort of free pass, though I doubt it. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Joe Quinn > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able to do in app > purchases? > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz <[email protected]> > wrote: > I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision > is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they > will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make. > From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. > From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours > recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the > games generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, > and I’ve been building these games for 4 years. > From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be > ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost > unusable. > If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to > Apple. The accessibility desk is at [email protected] or you can call > 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games. > > > > -- > sent with mozilla thunderbird > > > -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762
