Respected Developers Begin Fleeing the App Store 485
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."
They are all writing for Windows now... (Score:5, Funny)
Same story... "Hi, I'm Mac guy, and I've got nothing to do...because I have no software..."
Leaving the mac store? (Score:5, Funny)
There's an app for that.
I want to join in! (Score:3, Funny)
Implications For Future iPhone Fart Apps? (Score:1, Funny)
Could this mean lower quality fart apps for the iPhone if all the Respected Fart App developers abandon Apple?
Re:Leaving the mac store? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They are all writing for Windows now... (Score:3, Funny)
Access, while perhaps not "so great/must have" doesn't really have a viable alternative on any other platform. There are a few projects, but as yet no contenders.
Re:They are all writing for Windows now... (Score:1, Funny)
What software on Mac is "so great/must have" that there isn't a viable alternative for other platforms. Mac has a bunch of bullshit software that isn't worth paying for besides custom in house apps.
Fixed that for ya.
Re:Irony (Score:3, Funny)
He's writing a user interface for his walled garden. He was complaining about somebody else's walled garden. That's totally different.
Re:They are all writing for Windows now... (Score:2, Funny)
iWalletEmptier
Re:Implications For Future iPhone Fart Apps? (Score:3, Funny)
Shouldn't you be in school?
Re:Dear fleeing developers. (Score:5, Funny)
and no one will tell you what you can, or cannot do.
Except, of course, sell any software to Americans [cnn.com]
Re:Losing customers as well? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I want to join in! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So the flee ... (Score:4, Funny)
There is no money to be made if Apple decides to reject your app.
Re:Joe Hewitt abandoned developers (Score:3, Funny)
I'm a hobbiest iPhone developer. The way I see it, the problem is not with Apple enforcing its unknown API restriction. The problem is with Apple *selectively* enforcing that particular restriction and many others.
I'm a Hobbesian iPhone developer, so I really have no problems with my submission to Apple.
Re:2010 Year of the linux (Score:5, 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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