Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB

Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by aorth on Sunday September 22, 2024 @11:35AM (#41617771)

The Simple Mobile Tools suite was sold to an adware vendor last year. Plenty of links to stories if you're interested, even here on HN.

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by p4bl0 on Sunday September 22, 2024 @12:01PM (#41617944)

Yes, the SMT apps are slowly being forked over to the Fossify project: https://www.fossify.org/.

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by Viliam1234 on Sunday September 22, 2024 @01:22PM (#41618451)

I can't even get angry at that, because it seems like just another popular business pattern:

* build a nice product

* become popular and gain trust with customers

* sell the company to a scammer

* profit!

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by valval on Sunday September 22, 2024 @04:34PM (#41619846)

I’d do that in a heartbeat. I have a family to take care of. My customers can follow me to my next project.

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by JoshTriplett on Sunday September 22, 2024 @04:42PM (#41619911)

> I’d do that in a heartbeat.

> My customers can follow me to my next project.

If you are willing to sell your customers to an ad firm, why should they trust your next project?

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by valval on Saturday September 28, 2024 @03:27AM (#41678562)

Because I have a family to feed, and I’m on their side offering them valid replacement for the app they’ve now lost to ad giants.

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Re:Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB by JoshTriplett on Saturday September 28, 2024 @04:47AM (#41678889)

If you sold the app to the ad company, the terms of the sale are almost certainly going to prohibit you from building a competitor. You'd have to start a new venture in a different area.

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