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by raganwald 5759 days ago
> it is still unacceptable

Can you clarify what you mean here? Unacceptable to whom? And for what purpose? Your words imply that Apple has submitted this document to some party or group of parties for review. I don't think that's the case, but I'm open to education.
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tomjen3 5759 days ago
To me. And to those who wants to make sure that they don't get burned by Apple some day.
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raganwald 5759 days ago
I understand. I was thrown off by the word "unacceptable," because it often implies the existence of a mutual negotiation that may not be the case.

But moving along briskly, developing for a proprietary platform carries with it a huge risk of getting burned some day, but perhaps the question is whether you will make enough money beforehand to make the eventual burn worthwhile.

I would be surprised if there's ANYTHING Apple would put in that document that would get a lot of developers to change their minds. Many developers won't sharecrop the Apple orchard under any circumstances consistent with Apple's business plan, and many developers will take their chances and try to make money.

I take it you think there are some policies Apple could adopt that would sway you? And you think these policies are consistent with APple's direction but they haven't done it yet??

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tomjen3 5759 days ago
I was tempted to start developing for their platform, but the start-up costs are huge (get a mac, I doubt learning objective c would be that bad since I can already program both in c and c++) and it allows me to do less than I can with Android (no background tasks, no way to replace and augment the existing software).

Apple could solve both of these issues, and at least the first point wouldn't go against their business plan (very few people buy a mac just so they can create apple apps) nor would background tasks be much in the way (for some reason they are currently only allowed for music).

The upside is that the store works much better and makes developers more money than the android market (which is broken beyond belief if you don't live in the US) which would be enough to sway me.

As it is, I will properly get an Android soon and then I will have to find some way to sell my apps. But hey, at least they wont be just another game.

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