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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. They are all writing for Windows now... by tjstork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same story... "Hi, I'm Mac guy, and I've got nothing to do...because I have no software..."

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  2. Leaving the mac store? by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's an app for that.

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  3. Re:Dear fleeing developers. by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 4, Funny

    and no one will tell you what you can, or cannot do.

    Except, of course, sell any software to Americans

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  4. Re:2010 Year of the linux by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was going to attempt an insightful and informed response...

    But I am an early fan, and see the potential of paragraphs.

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