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Re:Appcelerator: extortion is just part of the job by debacle on Monday September 24, 2012 @12:13PM (#4565342)
> I have a fairly aggressive lack of sympathy for phonegap/titanium/"cheap shortcut" users in general

They're fulfilling a need that is the same as someone who customizes WordPress or builds on top of Drupal - people who want custom software, but can't afford it.

If the tools didn't work, then they wouldn't be used as much as they are, and if there was no demand for cheap mobile development with compromises, then the tools wouldn't exist.

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Re:Appcelerator: extortion is just part of the job by gurkendoktor on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:50PM (#4565965)
> If the tools didn't work, then they wouldn't be used as much as they are

The people who make the decision are not necessarily the ones who know what works and what doesn't. "It has to be HTML5" might just as well be the next "it must be object-oriented".

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