Calm down Robert, I did not say I dont like your post. All I was saying is to change subject line to reflect the topic.
I agree that Apple's tight grip can be an issue for a company whose life relies on their products, but then the opportunity of that market cannot be ignored too. People often forget IOS is not just about IPhone, but also millions of IPod Touch out there too. Anyway, I am coding on iphone platform mainly because its the first and its much easier to build nice looking UI there. I tried android a while ago (1.5) and its really not fun to build UI on eclipse. I understand android is 2.2 now so I might revisit it when I have time. Thanks for your response. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote: > If you don't want to read the post, then don't. No one is forcing you. I > responded to someone else with an experience I'm going through. That doesn't > mean it is going to be the same for everyone. It could be our ad provider, > it could be our application category, or a number of other things. > > All I'm saying is that Apple is making it very hard for developers to make > a business of their applications with all these rule changes. They want to > do just iAds. Fine. But the way they did it I think was inconsiderate. My > company is also on a number of other phone platforms so iPhone is not the > only game. That is an advantage but now we are not allowed to merge our > development efforts. We have to use their tools, their ads, their language, > there ??? It is very hard to create a business with that much uncertainty. > How will you know you can make money? Is it worth your time or will they > make some unilateral decision that will put you immediately out of business > as they already have to other companies. > > This is not a debate about technology. It is about the market and being > able to build a business around it. I don't see how you can know deal with > that kind of uncertainty. The options are limited and they keep tightening > the noose. At some point developers are going to give up because the risk is > too high for the potential reward. > > Best of luck with your new program and if you make an Android version, > please tell us about it. > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Oscar Hsieh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Since your reply has nothing to do with the email you are replying to .. I >> think it is fair to change the subject line. >> >> Anyway .. I dont like to get involved too much into IPhone vs Android >> debate .. to me alot of them are just different perspective to the markets >> and competition is always good. >> >> Now regarding to your comments about Advertisement on IPhone, I thought >> IAds is there to help developers to include ads and share revenues, so what >> are you saying >> about apple not allowing advertisement on their apps? Besides, I still >> see free IOS apps on my i-device having ads on them (some of them use ads >> from adMob). Is there new policy change from Apple that I am not aware >> of? >> >> I am asking because I am starting to work on an iphone app ... please dont >> turn this into another IPhone VS android fight. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Even my company has been hurt by the changes Apple has made. We make >>> revenue through advertising and the changes have caused a lot of companies >>> and developers to loose their revenue stream. We are not abandoning the >>> iPhone, but we are evaluating things closely to see if we are going to make >>> money there. The story on Android is very different and I see revenues >>> growing there for almost everyone. Many people are going to use Android as >>> their main Internet device, especially younger people. Apple got the ball >>> rolling, but now they seem to be dismantling the very thing they have built. >>> Stopping companies from being able to advertise robs them of a primary >>> source of income. It is very difficult to have enough revenue on sales >>> alone. Only so many people are willing to pay for software now-a-days so you >>> need advertising to be able to support development, improvement, and >>> maintenance. >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Marcelo Fukushima >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Yes its legal as far as the android market is concerned - its in the FAQ >>>> >>>> On Jul 3, 2010 5:15 AM, "Fabrizio Giudici" < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> > Hash: SHA1 >>>> > >>>> > I'm thinking of publishing my app to SlideME and a couple of further >>>> > indipendent stores, in addition to the Android Market. Is it a legal >>>> > thing? I suppose I could find myself the answer by reading all the >>>> > legalese stuff at Android, but legalese is always full of obscurities >>>> > and I prefer to have some trusted feedback here... Thanks. >>>> > >>>> > - -- >>>> > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >>>> > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. 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