Go Andre! On 21/01/2013, at 2:55 AM, Andre Garzia wrote:
> Hey Folks, > > Wow huge thread! Thanks for the kind words and suggestions. I can see here > that we tend to fall into two camps. Those that think that Apple can do > whatever they choose with their platform and those that feel that the tight > control by Apple is a bad thing. > > There is a larger issue here which is who owns the device you have in your > pocket. iOS devices are full blown computers and yet, you can't install any > app you want. You need to flow thru the walled garden, face the sphynx, > answer the feature riddles ("hey my traffic app now farts when the transit > sucks, will you allow me thru now?") before you can distribute app. I > believe that walled gardens like that are not the answer. I would rather > see a preferred market app such as the Mac App Store and yet allow users to > side load apps like we can do on Android but hey, I am not Apple CEO so my > opinion amounts to nothing. > > In the case of "Eponte", I made a decision. I was/am very Angry at the fact > that a reviewer in the U.S. that never came to Rio or faced the dreaded > traffic jams on that bridge can decide if my app is useful or not. The > whole mentality of "we know better what our users want" is bad. I refuse to > add more features to my Eponte app because it is pretty and elegant and > solves the problem that it was meant to solve. I haven't made this app as a > business or wanted to profit from it. I made it to solve my problem. If > Apple thinks that iOS users don't need the app, then, it is good for me, I > don't use an iPhone but I will tell you my plan now. > > LiveCode is not my only development environment and Eponte is an easy app. > I will port it to Blackberry, Nokia Symbian and Windows Phone. I will port > it to every mobile OS under the sun except iOS and then all the other users > will have a quick and easy way to check the bridge and iphone users can go > surf on their mobile safari and try to open some webpage with traffic info > that will not load due to poor coverage. > > :-D > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> wrote: > >> In talking about the android neighbors of course. >> >> Bob Sneidar >> IT Manager >> Calvary Chapel CM >> Sent from iPhone >> >> On Jan 19, 2013, at 18:08, Warren Samples <war...@warrensweb.us> wrote: >> >>> On 01/19/2013 07:35 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote: >>>> They are willing to put up your app absolutely freely, if you like, so >> long as you don't charge for it. That's pretty generous. What they actually >> owe anyone in terms of what they allow is precisely jack diddly squat. It's >> their basketball hoop, their garage, and their basketball. Don't like the >> rules? Go to the next door neighbor's garage and play with him. >>> >>> >>> Actually, Bob, they are not "willing"; they demand this. It was their >> decision that they be the sole "legitimate" distributor of iOS apps and >> there is *no* "next door neighbor's garage" for iDevice users and by >> extension anyone who has an idea to develop for the iOS platform. My >> opinion is that given Apple's demand for exclusive distribution rights, >> that they *ought* to be less restrictive regarding "acceptible utility". >> They are hurting users and developers alike. >>> >>> Warren >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. > http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode