Topic: The Demise of BitPak - page 2. (Read 8614 times)
Why not start a separate Android vs iPhone debate thread I can more easily ignore?
Yeah Apple just has this perception that it is "#1" because it is a single company w/ single product line. There are for example more "iPhone 4" than any individual Android product. However as a platform Android has completely anhilated iOS early mover advantage. Not only has it surpassed iOS it continues to grow faster qtr over qtr and year over year so it is just pulling further and further ahead. The last qtr that iOS outsold Android was Q4 ... 2009. 
Having just bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus I have to say that the new version of Android OS is the first one that really closes the gap with iOS. It is intuitive, polished, and responsive. No longer the "cheaper alternative" it is a rockstar. The Galaxy Nexus has NFC hardware and the blockchain.info wallet already supports it. No need for QR codes to transfer funds. Unlocked with no contract and latest hardware, and an open platform. Hard to beat.
Having just bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus I have to say that the new version of Android OS is the first one that really closes the gap with iOS. It is intuitive, polished, and responsive. No longer the "cheaper alternative" it is a rockstar. The Galaxy Nexus has NFC hardware and the blockchain.info wallet already supports it. No need for QR codes to transfer funds. Unlocked with no contract and latest hardware, and an open platform. Hard to beat.
"Market share? What's that?
What do you mean? Android is doing amazingly well in marketshare. It essentially caught up to Apple despite a 5 year headstart and competitors RIMM, Palm, and Windows mobile dead or dying.
EDIT: Nice edit, I see the graph now. Wow, it's farther along than I thought it was, and hopefully that trend continues.
"Market share? What's that? It runs Lunix though!!" 
Perhaps we should try Argentinian pesos. Those are legal and also mandatory in Argentina so they will have no problem in the Apple App Store.
Even if there is a jurisdiction where a legal issue arises, isn't the logical answer just to not sell in that jurisdiction? If I'm the president of Zimbabwe and make video game depictions of birds illegal, does the world lose angry birds? Maybe it's illegal in the MC/Visa jursidiction?
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions. 
It's hilarious that Apple portrayed itself in advertisements for years as the young rebel next to the staid IBM PC (for example, see this photo: http://wpcdn2.padgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ipvpc.jpg). Now, Apple is the establishment figure and Google/Android/Linux (and PC hardware upon which you can install any OS) is the young rebel.
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions.
The developer chooses in which jurisdictions apps are to be made available.In that case start with 1 country at a time. Make it available in USA only. If they deny it here, then demand proof of what laws it violates.
What would be better is reference some lawyer advice and assert that it is legal.
This is not surprising.
EFF tweet from a couple days ago:
Apple's devices are like beautiful crystal prisons https://eff.org/r.2abV
EFF tweet from a couple days ago:
Apple's devices are like beautiful crystal prisons https://eff.org/r.2abV
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions.
The developer chooses in which jurisdictions apps are to be made available.In that case start with 1 country at a time. Make it available in USA only. If they deny it here, then demand proof of what laws it violates.
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions.
The developer chooses in which jurisdictions apps are to be made available. Even if there is a jurisdiction where a legal issue arises, isn't the logical answer just to not sell in that jurisdiction? If I'm the president of Zimbabwe and make video game depictions of birds illegal, does the world lose angry birds? Maybe it's illegal in the MC/Visa jursidiction?
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions. Even if there is a jurisdiction where a legal issue arises, isn't the logical answer just to not sell in that jurisdiction? If I'm the president of Zimbabwe and make video game depictions of birds illegal, does the world lose angry birds? Maybe it's illegal in the MC/Visa jursidiction?
Another good point…and it makes me wonder if there aren't already other apps that are in fact illegal in some jurisdictions and for which Apple has allowed, but disabled just in those jurisdictions. Was it hosting the block chain in the app? Maybe AT&T and Verizon said get rid of it because of data or something.
No, we got the same answer from Apple. We're using the appeal process, for the second time, we got stonewalled the first time.We're not excluding a lawsuit since, as paying customers (developer licenses are not free) we believe we are entitled to either :
- get told where the legal issue resides,
- OR get an official developer guidelines update explicitly stating that Bitcoin is not cool on the AppStore (which would mean lots of press!)
Even if there is a jurisdiction where a legal issue arises, isn't the logical answer just to not sell in that jurisdiction? If I'm the president of Zimbabwe and make video game depictions of birds illegal, does the world lose angry birds? Maybe it's illegal in the MC/Visa jursidiction?
Was it hosting the block chain in the app? Maybe AT&T and Verizon said get rid of it because of data or something.
No, we got the same answer from Apple. We're using the appeal process, for the second time, we got stonewalled the first time.We're not excluding a lawsuit since, as paying customers (developer licenses are not free) we believe we are entitled to either :
- get told where the legal issue resides,
- OR get an official developer guidelines update explicitly stating that Bitcoin is not cool on the AppStore (which would mean lots of press!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8
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Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our unification of thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!
Was it hosting the block chain in the app? Maybe AT&T and Verizon said get rid of it because of data or something.
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