An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control 144
waderoush writes "Princeton's Ed Felten has criticized the iPhone and iPad as Disneyland-like 'walled gardens' and says there's no way the iTunes App Store can 'offer the scope and variety of apps that a less controlled environment can provide.' Now there's a central marketplace where developers can sell iPhone-optimized apps without going through Apple's gatekeepers. Launched today, it's called OpenAppMkt and it's a showcase for mobile Web apps — not just the type seen back in 2007-2008, before the advent of the App Store, but also for new games and other apps developed using HTML5/CSS/JavaScript (in some cases, the same apps compiled and sold as native iPhone apps). Xconomy has a behind-the-scenes interview with OpenAppMkt's creators, who say they're not out to compete with the native App Store, but that developers deserve new ways to reach users."
Re:Disneyland (Score:5, Funny)
I tried that, and failed -- but it wasn't Disney that stopped me.
For the sake of brevity, let's just say that the Minnie Mouse character is NOT anatomically correct.
Re:Disneyland (Score:5, Funny)
Tell me about it. I think I managed to avoid the Cinderella stand-in filing a restraining order, but just barely. I'll be damned if she's getting that shoe back though.
Re:Take a look at their so-called apps. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh good (Score:2, Funny)
Sure it is. All you have to do is writing a Perl/.NET/whatever interpreter in Javascript.
Re:Take a look at their so-called apps. (Score:4, Funny)