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by enraged_camel 4489 days ago
On the iPhone, calm.com takes you directly to the App Store page without even prompting. You can try going to the deeloper's website from there, BUT that takes you to their Facebook page. From there it links back to calm.com.

Worst. Experience. Ever. And I haven't even downloaded the app yet!
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bduerst 4489 days ago
Lucky. On Android it just says the app isn't ready yet.

My guess is they want to herd users to the mobile app right away, rather than manage both the app and optimized website for mobile.

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lelandbatey 4489 days ago
What's annoying for me was that I was redirected to the "sign up for when the app is released" page, but if I fake the user agent I get a very nice, very usable calm.com that works out of the box with my phone.

Why, why must you force me towards your app? At max, serve the web page first, then suggest the app to me.

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bduerst 4489 days ago
Well if it's optimized for mobile already, then I agree - the herding behavior to an app store is annoying.
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