Re:Twitter CEO Dorsey Apologizes to Developers
by hellbanner on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:17PM
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Sorry that I can't remember which apps, but I think it was a Twitter client which Apple removed from their store and then came out with their own. Several apps they cannibalize into the OS.
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Re:Twitter CEO Dorsey Apologizes to Developers
by flurp on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:35PM
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Yep. Apple have released many apps after similar ones had success on the AppStore.
They have much much harsher ToS (and enforce them) than the discussed Twitter ones.
Re:Twitter CEO Dorsey Apologizes to Developers
by mooreds on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:52PM
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Does Apple get a pass? Or do developers avoid writing apps for iOS just as they do for Twitter?
Seems like the field is a lot larger for iOS products, and that Apple wins either way (30% haircut on the app store), so maybe incentives for Apple are a bit more aligned then they are for twitter.
Which points to the fundamental thing twitter needs to do to get developers back on board: provide opportunities for both parties to make money. If Twitter was making a 30 cents every time a developer made 70 cents from the API, you can bet that that API would be protected and the developer respected.