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Respected Developers Begin Fleeing the App Store

Posted by Soulskill on from the also-known-as-the-french-rush dept.

wiedzmin writes "Facebook's Joe Hewitt, Second Gear's Justin Williams, the long-time Mac software developer known as 'Rogue Amoeba' and other respected App Store developers have recently decided to discontinue their work on the platform, citing their frustration with Apple's opaque approval process. Continued issues with erroneous and snap rejections of applications and APIs are prompting more and more developers to shun the platform entirely. Though there are tens of thousands of other developers who have pumped out over 100,000 apps for the platform, continued migration away from iPhone development will most likely result in lower quality software."

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  1. Let's do the math, shall we? by jcr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Over 100,000 apps on the store, and a handful of anecdotes of people deciding to leave the market. Somehow, I'm not particularly concerned.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. Re:2010 Year of the linux by mdwh2 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Do you think that the iPhone would be the hottest selling phone

    I don't think that the Iphone is the hottest selling phone, because it isn't the hottest selling phone. The hottest sellers are Nokias, followed by Samsung IIRC, then a whole load of other companies, than RIM with their Blackberries, then Apple with their Iphones.