Comments on: $250K iPhone Dev Says "No Thanks" to Google Android

By: Elden

Elden — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:07:30 +0000

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By: coop

coop — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:16:36 +0000

Apple iPhone = easy money for devs.

Restricted choice (or no choice at all) of the supposed owner of the phone.

By: n

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:32 +0000

Mono-culture is not something to be celebrated here. Especially with the likes of Apple who have can decide that your app "competes" with one of theirs and reject it. With the App Store, you can spend 6 months developing only to find out Apple rejected your app and all your efforts were a waste.

As an iPhone owner and a developer (though not a mobile developer, unless you count webapps), I look forward to Android. Freedom is more important than convenience, and Apple is proving this to us. The kind of things I want to develop native apps for aren't even possible with Apple's API.

Sure, making a ton of money is nice, and from a business perspective, the iPhone App Store is great (if you can manage not to "compete" with Apple). But for those of us who are interested in technology, the iPhone is probably the best thing at the moment, but we are hoping for something better that doesn't restrict us. I don't know if Android will be the answer, but I'm hoping it will be.

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:46:08 +0000

ROFLMAO!!!!!!

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spits out coffee everywhere

By: Omar

Omar — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:14:33 +0000

Good point. Apple iPhone = easy money for devs.

By: Apple - The digital nazi

Apple - The digital nazi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:00:31 +0000

hahaha.... losers!