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Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by chrisan on Thursday February 04, 2016 @07:44AM (#11033580)
Is "winnings" the right word here?

Seem like he solved a problem people were willing to pay for http://trevormckendrick.com/my-first-year-in-the-app-store/

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by tbirdx on Thursday February 04, 2016 @09:27AM (#11034076)
In English it is not, but in other languages, such as French, "winnings" is indeed how to say "earnings".
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by mcphage on Thursday February 04, 2016 @08:47AM (#11033812)
Did I miss the part that said he didn't tithe?
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by sixQuarks on Thursday February 04, 2016 @10:59AM (#11034790)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this guy agnostic? I believe he created the app as a business opportunity, not that he is practicing Christian himself.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by putaside on Thursday February 04, 2016 @12:12PM (#11035388)
My grandmother was part of a church that heavily depended on gifts. The priest would send her envelopes with 10 cents in them. You can't really buy anything with 10 cents, but you sure feel bad when you spend it. So she would usually send back 1010 cents (10$ and the original 10 cents). Don't know why I am telling you this, but that is a hell of a fundraising effort.

The customers that would buy a bible-app are the same who would gladly donate to their church. Indirectly this app may have already contributed its "winnings" back into the community. Maybe someone got inspired by reading the bible-app and did a good deed or grew spiritually. How is that for a winning!

The biggest Christian publisher in my country has been sending take-down notices to websites offering bible texts for free (vs. their paid access). They rather see money than people strengthening their faith. Mull on that for a while.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by noir_lord on Thursday February 04, 2016 @07:56AM (#11033623)
Yes because Churches don't have enough money already.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Thursday February 04, 2016 @02:31PM (#11036510)
Most churches don't have enough money to fund their ministries.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by noir_lord on Thursday February 04, 2016 @07:47PM (#11038554)
Cry me a river.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Thursday February 04, 2016 @09:01PM (#11038890)
I'm not crying, pal. I'm responding to a false assertion. Deal with it.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by rpgmaker on Thursday February 04, 2016 @10:49AM (#11034698)
Which church made this possible? Several versions of the bible are public domain, he licensed the versions that weren't. Unless a church helped him write the app he owes them nothing.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by incepted on Thursday February 04, 2016 @07:52AM (#11033609)
He just sold them an app worth a lot of money, why would he give more?

Besides, churches already make enough money as it is.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Thursday February 04, 2016 @02:25PM (#11036473)
churches already make enough money as it is

No, actually they don't. Let me explain why. The vast majority of churches are very small and underfunded. They are not at all like Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, or some kind of megachurch. Many of them struggle to fund ministries, and don't pay their clergy and staff much at all.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by eckza on Thursday February 04, 2016 @08:12AM (#11033672)
Account created 50 minutes ago; comment posted 47 minutes ago.

Someone's feelin' salty.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Thursday February 04, 2016 @02:27PM (#11036481)
Someone's a troll. Plain and simple. That kind of comment is why visible account creation dates matter.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by incepted on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:03AM (#11039823)
Why does the account creation matter? Because the point made bothers you so you'd better discuss the personality of the person who made them?

Address the topic, stay away from ad hominem.

Besides, my account is 209 days old.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Friday February 05, 2016 @02:46PM (#11044080)
It's not an "ad hominem" to observe that accounts with low-quality comments are new.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by incepted on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:31PM (#11048686)
You attacked my comment based on your misperception of my account. It's the definition of an ad hominem.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Saturday February 06, 2016 @11:12PM (#11051562)
That's not what an ad hominem is. It's Latin for "to the man." It means an argument directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining, which is not what I did at all. I argued against your false assertion that "churches already make enough money as it is" by pointing out that it's abundantly clear that not all of them do.

Also, it's not a "misperception" to observe the reality that your account is new, and that your comment is essentially thinly-veiled trolling.

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by incepted on Sunday February 07, 2016 @02:42AM (#11052098)
209 days is "new" to you?

Why does it even matter how old the account is?

Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by wyclif on Monday February 08, 2016 @03:36AM (#11056990)
To someone whose account is 2961 days old? Yes.
Re:How I Sold My Bible App Company by incepted on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:02AM (#11039814)
What are you talking about? My account is 209 days old.

At any rate, ad hominem are not welcome on HN. Address the topic or say nothing, it's a waste of time to speculate on the author.