Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad

Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad by jnem on Thursday April 16, 2015 @06:10PM (#9391036)

I don't think Vogel was saying the platform was too popular for users, but rather too popular for developers, resulting in too much competition.

Besides, if you've ever read his blog, you know hes been self ridiculing his own marketing skills for over a decade, and has a charming way of not caring.

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Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad by eridius on Thursday April 16, 2015 @06:22PM (#9391084)

I didn't say "popular for users", I just said "popular". And I strongly expect that "popular for users" and "popular for developers" are extremely closely correlated anyway, at least when it comes to consumer-targeted platforms (i.e. not Linux, where every user is also a developer).

> hes been self ridiculing his own marketing skills for over a decade

There's a difference between "haha I'm not good at marketing, I'm glad people are still buying my stuff" and "haha I'm not good at marketing, therefore I'll stop developing for probably the fastest-growing gaming platform ever and say it's due to competition".

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Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad by yellowapple on Thursday April 16, 2015 @09:11PM (#9391747)

Is the App Store really the fastest-growing, though? It's a ridiculously-dubious claim (in addition to being pretty meaningless without context).

It reminds me of a particular XKCD comic: https://xkcd.com/1102/

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