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Re:Fear of Apple by coldtea on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @10:23PM (#9260911)
People have tried that, e.g. with Android apps. It doesn't turn out to be much better, actually quite worse sales wise.
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Re:Fear of Apple by tomjen3 on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @12:01PM (#9263781)
Apparently I didn't make the comment very clear: he should build a webapp instead. Make it a game if you want, but build it outside their walled gardens.
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Re:Fear of Apple by coldtea on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @03:56PM (#9265488)
But web-based games/apps don't sell very well at all, compared to iOS and Android native apps (even if the native are built with the same web technologies).

Unless it's a service website, the monetization for web apps just isn't up to par.

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