{"id":1809,"date":"2010-03-20T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2010-03-20T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T16:40:29","slug":"game-developer-says-he-hates-iphone-app-store-and-tinkles-with-price-of-his-app-gets-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/game-developer-says-he-hates-iphone-app-store-and-tinkles-with-price-of-his-app-gets-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Developer says he hates iPhone App Store and tinkles with price of his app, Gets banned."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way to go Apple, your iPhone App Store policies remind me of Latin American Dictatorships.<\/p>\n<p>It will be easy to tell by developers that it&#8217;s a lot better to sell on Android, eventually the Android userbase will be way bigger than that of the iPhone (iPad). You missed your boat on the Apple TV (for not taking that project seriously), Android on the TV might make it to our living rooms thus creating a huge gaming market. You&#8217;re doomed if you don&#8217;t change your ways, milk the AppStore while you can.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZsbwGFScEb4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>So if you raise the price of YOUR app, you get banned? or was it because Tommy told you the truth of how much your AppStore sucks?<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: I&#8217;m a Mac user, I love Apple most of Apple products but I just have a huge beef with the iPhone OS, the iPad and the AppStore. It is what it is, I&#8217;m not a blind fanboy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way to go Apple, your iPhone App Store policies remind me of Latin American Dictatorships. It will be easy to tell by developers that it&#8217;s a lot better to sell on Android, eventually the Android userbase will be way bigger than that of the iPhone (iPad). 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