The proceeds go to The Growl Project entirely. :) 

-- 
Chris Forsythe


On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Charlie S wrote:

> Also the review helps to keep malware out of the store
> 
> 
> Chris am I right to guess that part of the proceeds go to some of the Growl 
> team and some to pay for the web site? 
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected] 
> (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > No we're sticking to app store only for binary distribution. It's been a 
> > real benefit to us and a real benefit to users. 
> > 
> > For instance, the approval process you're lampooning here means that end 
> > users can have confidence that Growl isn't going to wreck things on their 
> > computer. The review process for HardwareGrowler for instance rejected it 
> > about 2 days after we submitted it because we had HWG adding itself to 
> > login items without asking. Not on purpose bear in mind, but it's a good 
> > thing that they caught that. We fixed it, resubmitted the binary, and about 
> > an hour or two later HWG was in the app store and waiting on their 
> > searching indexes to update. This is a good thing for us, we didn't do 
> > something by accident that we didn't mean to do. It's a good thing for 
> > users, HWG wasn't added to their login items without permission. The rules 
> > for the app store for the most part are there to benefit the user and 
> > that's a very good thing. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Chris Forsythe
> > 
> > 
> > On Friday, November 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM, uilhao wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there a non version for the app store? I'd be more than happy to
> > > purchase the app directly from you, but I'm against everything that
> > > apple's app store represents. I think the devs should take all their
> > > hard earned money and not have to deal with apples BS approval process
> > > 
> > > On Oct 4, 6:27 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected] 
> > > (http://growl.info)> wrote:
> > > > Try this:
> > > > 
> > > > 1) Go to launchpad
> > > > 
> > > > 2) Click and hold on the Growl icon until it shakes.
> > > > 
> > > > 3) Click the X to remove Growl. 
> > > > 
> > > > 4) Go to the app store and find Growl again.
> > > > 
> > > > 5) Click to download. It may look like it's going to charge you again, 
> > > > but
> > > > it isn't.
> > > > 
> > > > Chris 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Paul Bloch <[email protected] 
> > > > (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > > I had Growl 1.2.2 installed on my iMac upgraded to Lion.  I purchased
> > > > > the new Growl from the Mac App Store and I didn't think to remove
> > > > > Growl 1.2.2 beforehand.  The App Store notice the older Growl and
> > > > > asked if I wanted to proceed. I did. When it finished I don't see the
> > > > > new Growl in /Applications.  I removed the old Growl 1.2.2 and App
> > > > > Store says I have growl installed but I can't find it.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > What do I do next to get the new Growl?
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