@Dave: yes, I 've heard of some companies doing this, but it 's a pretty rare thing. Usually for a high level employee with a particularly hard-to-get skill set, etc. If they did this in more than 1,2 cases, it 's probably another indicator that they were too loose with ...
Kind of poor reporting here, gama. 1 In an attempt to prevent developers from stealing ideas on the iTunes App Store, Apple has silently If they didn't state what their intent was in removing them, then don't infer their intent. could have just as well substituted In an attempt cover ...
might be too reliant on Facebook The lions share of their revenue is on one platform, in which they are required to hand over an arbitrary share of revenue subject to the terms of the platform holder, in a segment where the platform holder is a near-monopoly. I also wrote ...
Duong hit the nail on the head. Seems like a mousy offering that only applies to a minority. Likely done just to be able to call 80 is better than Apple's 70 in press materials, etc. A yawner compared to Google's 95 .
@Ephriam: I know you were kidding, but this is kind of what publishers do, if you think about it. @William: Well, uh, sure. Modulo whatever is going on to get featured placement by Apple
Quite surprised this article didn't call out Amazon's controversial app pricing/promotion the IGDA called out a while back. Amazon's promotional page for the Kindle Fire calls out their promotions that have had mixed results for developer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref famstripe kf : Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, The Weather Channel and more, ...
@Colin: I didn't say Kickstarter was borderline illegal. It's not. However, the reason is that they accept DONATIONS . You are freely handing over money with no promise that the project/product will ever ship. The article here in question was about not asking for donations, but investment in an equity ...
