You make an excellent point, and one that's only likely to grow stronger given Apple's new pricing model.
From: Milos Przic Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 6:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates Hello, This is certainly not true for the hole World. I am aware that in the US, for example, things might be close to what you are saying, even though the US has a relatively big Android users' community, but when you look at it from the non-US perspective, you get a way bigger community. I think that among us blind there are more users of Android than those of IOS, and this number is getting bigger every day for many reasons. It is another question who would be willing to pay and how much, but I am sure that the number of those who actually would use the in-app purchases possibility would be equal to those who did and would do this on Iphone. So I want to use this occasion to tell the developers not to look on the hole World from the US perspective. Ok, the quality of life there might be better than in many other parts of the World at least when it comes to economy, but America is not the center of the World, and many people from there tend to behave as if it were so, doing damage to their own businesses. I myself was surprised when I discovered how much Android is used among the blind when I became an Android user myself. So please do not make assumptions based on no evidence and from the US-centric point of view. When it comes to reprogramming and recoding, yes, it is quite a work, long and hard, but if the Apple is not clear about how many apps a developer can publish and how similar or different they should be between each other, it really means that "alternative" optionns are a better way. Best, Miloš ----- Original Message ----- From: john To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates Josh: It almost certainly would not be worth it. In the blind community, it seems that Android is actually only used by a small, if very loyal, group of people. I'll say this platform loyalty transfers into double sales, but even so, 5%*2=10% of original sales figures. That's not worth it. From: Josh Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 22:29 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates yes it would take time. but would be worth it i think. On 11/8/2017 21:49, Liam Erven 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 -- sent with mozilla thunderbird
