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by ToVaRich 5911 days ago
In terms of long-term impact on development and start-up innovation Apple's move into mobile ads may have more for us to be wary of (at least aware of) than the freedom-of-language(programming) issues.

If apple is going to act more and more like the 900-lb gorilla that needn't listen to its core constituency, then the Ad dollar-stream they may control may further squeeze the freedom and options of software innovation.
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FluidDjango 5911 days ago
Let's go beyond panicking that Apple is the new MS+Google...

Note that in the iPhone 4.0 talk Jobs announces (see last 15 minutes of http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/ ) that "developers get 60% of the revenue" from iAds appearing with apps. That could amount to a huge chunk of change.

That pushes me to rethink my wait-and-see plan regarding iPhone app development.

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