I’m Abandoning iPhone Development. Mobile Orchard To Stop Publication.

Very well written. I fully agree with you. The iPhone/iPod/iPad/Etc. are great devices, but Apple deciding what you can use on it (and in your case, what you can distribute on it) is ridiculous.

We’ll miss you, Dan - Thanks for the time and energy you’ve put into this, it’s been a great resource. If you ever run into trouble keeping the archives online, let me know if I can provide assistance.

Thanks for taking a stand on this.

I wish you all the best.

Thanks for everything you’ve done for the community and the platform, Dan. You will definitely be missed but I wish you luck in everything you do in the future.

This seems like hyperbole. It’s an embedded platform with limited hardware resources–specifically, a device running on another company’s phone network which probably contractually obligates all kinds of quality controls on Apple’s part–so of course the software on it will require an approval process. It’s not fun when a phone crashes or loses its battery life due to a rogue app.

This is the same quality control environment other appliance-like devices have required for decades, such as consoles. There has been plenty of innovation on the iPhone platform, and there aren’t downtrodden, artistic developers having their precious creativity stifled.

The begging for a job at an Apple rival at the end just comes off as spite.

Wow - I’m shocked as well, and sorry to see you go. You were doing an awesome job. Good luck with whatever you end up doing, and let me know when you are ready to beta test your Android class!

Hi Dan,

We’ve not known each other long, only met via 360|iDev, but I did see how others looked up to you. You gave of yourself to help others learn, which is a honorable thing. I’m sad to see you leave the community, but hope that you continue to help others learn in the future.

The world needs more people like you, don’t let them down.

Very sad to see you go Dan, this site’s been quite helpful to me in my iPhone dev efforts. Google if you’re reading this please do engage Dan in some fashion! Android is in desperate need of help.

I too am sickened by some Apple moves. Taking money out of successful businesses like Openfeint, Scoreloop, as well as the various advertisement companies. They took the risk, brought their babies to life, and now Apple will steal their thunder, and make whatever changes to the OS or their policies they need to in order to ensure they’re the ones that benefit from the broken ground. It really seems like what’s the point? If you truly do have a great idea and bring it to life, you’ll just have it robbed from you.

I am constantly amazed to find very smart people who are surprised to learn that companies act in their own self-interest or it is first time someone has done something like that.

The only thing they will listen to is money.

Everyone that bought into the iphone development program planning to use an alternative language needs to do a CHARGE BACK on their $99 enrollment fee.

Good for you, Dan. Good luck and thanks for all the fantastic writing and audio!

I suspected you wouldn’t take the recent developments lying down. I sympathize quite a bit, and while I have every intention of continuing work on the two apps we currently have in the store, I can’t personally bring myself to start building out any of my newer ideas for such a platform.

P.S. Ask GOOG to send you an HTC Legend

Dan,

It was a pleasure writing the weekly iPhone and iPad news column. It is important to stand by your convictions and I hope you all the best in the future.

Thanks for your amazing contribution to the community, your site and your insight will be sorely missed. I wish you all the best with your future endeavours!

Well don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. I’m so tired of hearing iPhone devs cry and moan every time they disagree with one of Apple’s policies.

Dan, sorry to see you go. Great site and great podcast. You will be missed by many. Good luck.

I love how the punditrolls are always the only ones that don’t leave a link back to properly identify themselves. How big of them!

Your passion for building this community is an inspiration to us all, Dan. I can’t wait to see where you land next.

As for the haters… who are you guys? Oh right - nobodies.

So your quitting running a site that you make a good living from because you don’t agree with Apple’s policies that have ALWAYS been in place?

I smell BS but i’m not being nasty about it if you wish to quit then go ahead and quit! I for one am happy that my iDevice is closed to anything being installed and as an Apple developer will always face certain walls in terms of anything they choose to no longer support or do.

That said, you hit a brick wall what should you do? My first iota is to climb over the wall and keep pushing forward whereas your first thought is that the wall is too high so you put your tail between your legs and walk back home and in this case you take your ball with you.

I have been a follower of this site a long time and have the RSS feed on my iGoogle page so i check it several times per day and appreciate all of the hard work you have put into the site. I have ran many large sites before and understand the workload needed to drive forward.

I just think that there is another “REAL” reason why you are doing this and not the one you claim which has been the issue since forever anyway.

Apple’s approach does not limit the developer to the point that he stops and can go no further. There is always a different “right” way to do things, the “Apple” way which in my experience is usually the best way to do things anyway.

A true leader would carry on regardless and help his readers climb the walls that get placed in front of them based on the experiences they have had and the walls they had to climb.

My 2 cents.

> As for the haters… who are you guys? Oh right - nobodies.

They do it all for the nookie.

> I am constantly amazed to find very smart people who are surprised to learn that companies act in their own self-interest or it is first time someone has done something like that.

I think this is a dangerous way of looking at things. First off, no one is surprised. But the thing that I think is really important to note here is that Dan isn’t whining as some are suggesting above, and further more he isn’t:

# telling anybody else what they should do, or
# telling Apple what Apple should do, or
# arguing that they should act in his interests instead of their’s.

That’s not what this is.

Dan is no longer participating, and he’s stating publicly why he’s not participating, in clear terms. You don’t like it? You don’t care? Go watch the Insane Clown Posse video everyone’s excited about. No one will be upset, honest.

I think a person should have the backbone to follow their convictions. So I respect and salute the choice you have made. Good luck in whatever you do next. And if there is anything I could do to help, please let me know.

Dan,

First thanks for creating this site and podcast. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them and am very appreciative of people like yourself that take the time to produce such good content.

I totally agree with you. Apple makes fine devices, but what they are doing to developers that are a big part of their success is wrong.

Dude, why you are complaining? Why you supported apple that long if they are so bad?
Your resort to such high words about future and stuff is so repulsive. Just tell us this is regular business divorce and no more consensus about funds. Or simple f-k a-le would suffice. I bow in disgust.

Dan, sorry to see you go. As a new iPhone dev. I really appreciate(d) your great effort.
Good luck with your next project.

That most people are lamenting your departure suggests you’ve been a great influence and help in the iPhone dev world. That a few are skewering you for changing track just proves it.

While I understand your line of thinking, the sense of entitlement is wrong. The analogy to big banks is wrong. The idea that Apple is a ‘big daddy’ is wrong. There are alternatives to Apple, there are other people whose permission you don’t need. Go to them. You came here because you thought it was worth it, these are the rules of the game. As a dev, you might want to inquire if there were technical reasons before mouthing off.

Wow…seems a little rash. Are you sure you don’t want to sleep on it?

Count me as one the many who have appreciated your contribution to the community.

FWIW, there well may be good technical reasons for Apple’s decision:

http://bit.ly/a65yZd

Dan,

Like other commenters, we met last year at 360|iDev. Since then I have been following this blog keenly and appreciating all that you post.

I completely understand your dilemma, and respect your decision. Personally, I feel that much of this is borne out of Apple’s intent on absolute secrecy, and it’s a double edged sword. On the one hand, it keeps competitors on the back foot, whereas on the other, it can sometimes take time to understand the true purpose behind decisions, which at the time may appear arbitrary or brutal.

I’m not ready to cast judgement on this latest policy change. Sadly, I was in the middle of evaluating Titanium for a project, which I now (for the time being at least) need to evaluate the time and cost of coding it using straight Obj C. Such a shame - it’s a very promising company.

I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours, and I have no doubt you’ll be greatly appreciated in whatever developer community you choose to be a part of.

First I love the angry trolls running to Apple’s “defense.” That’s part of what’s always made me feel uncormfortable about the community.

Second those trolls are failing to see their beloved mothershop change the rules as the game is being played. That is always a concern from a company that is supposedly the pioneer in this arena. Sure they’re motivated by profits and indeed should be. Sure it’s totally their perogative to do so. But anyone bringing out the pompoms on this decision either needs their head examined or a fanboy intervention.

That said I personally don’t consider my dev projects impeeded by these changes, so I’ll keep doing my thing. Dan best of luck with finding greener grass… It’s definitely out there.

Agreed completely. Apple are out of control and more developers need to say no to their oppressive regime. That’s why Apple have so many lawyers, so that they don’t have to actually TRY to beat their competition - their lawyers do it for them.

I applaud someone who takes a stand on ethics. The business world is very short on ethical behavior. Even with the success of a society based on capitalism, the corporate structure breeds unethical actions for the bottom line.

For those who take the stance that Dan should just “get over it” are the ones who ignorantly propagate mankind’s decline under the corporate overlords.

As a small business owner, I run an ethical shop. I treat my clients with ethics and my competition the same. My work stands on its own without the need to bring everyone to court around me who wants to compete in my space. We live in a world of corporate greed where big money buys the laws that should be protecting us and instead protect them.

With that - Apple is corporate greed. On this issue, the main people hurt are the developers. They loose the ability to use tools to maximize their earnings. Whatever excuse BS you might fabricate, this is a corporate decision to make cross platform app more difficult to produce.

What is next? Apple could drive this further by demanding that if you develop an app for the iPhone, you cannot develop a similar app for the Android OS. Or perhaps Apple will dictate what art program you edit your icons and photos in. Apple might even demand that if you use any stock images, they come from a company they own. Why not?

It is not often you see someone willing to make a big change for the sake of morality, especially in business. To that, I applaud you and wish you well.

I agree completely with your decision, and encourage others to follow suit. A closed ecosystem is ultimately an unhealthy one.

Thanks for everything Dan. I am a huge fan of your genuine, open style and your resources have helped me a lot. I hope for you (and Apple) not to become the Stauffenberg of iPhone development world. You could change this site into an alternative multiplatform resource though: Maemo, WinCe7, Android… Just a stupid idea from a regular reader/listener. Non of my business so anyways I wish you good luck.

I will certainly miss your work. You’ve done great work for the community.

I’m a bit surprised at this hippy mentality, however. Apple is a company, though (not a war machine). They’ve made a lot of people rich and have made it very easy to work out some very creative ideas. If you don’t like the rules, find another platform. Some of us developers would rather work on our ideas than entertain this self-righteous type of venting.

I hope you find success in your new career. Your work will be missed here.

iPhone is making it impossible to create cross phone applications. There has been many high profile flash developers move to iPhone development and making a mark, and this is probably in part why Adobe have target iPhone, I think it is a real shame that CS5 iphone dev has been banned and I feel sorry for all the developers that worked so hard to make it possible, and it will not go down well with flash developers who are already started using Objective-C, infact many have grown up in an open web culture and so will find this unacceptable, so Apple will maybe loose some talented folk that often span graphics and code. But like the author I am also disappointed for the many opensource and small companies effected, that have spent lots of time on innovating around iPhone development, the article mentions a few but I felt I should add some. Titanium semi commercial and phoneGap both javascript and cross platform based. I have a particular bias to cross platform, and my biggest disappointment has been for HaXe that target iPhone via it’s c++ compilation, although we are still unsure under the license if Apple could really tell if we had used it… so ironically porting flash to Apple my not be over via a simple haXe port, flash classes can remapped to c++ api ones, and HaXe also compiles javascript that runs in most phone browsers including iphone and also works on my nexus. What will happen though is that no one will be mentioning when they use haXe for iPhone development or any other opensource tool, this will be detrimental to the niche use of haXe and similar technologies and the developers who have invested so much personal time sharing there work. I personally applaud Dan on his decision, as I think Apple have made a very negative decision in relation to Developers, and I think it is only when developers take a stand that large companies are forced to look at there decisions from the open development perspectives, and realize that good business is not so clear cut, when many developers have to invest so much time upfront that apple aren’t funding, it’s rather rich to tell them which tool they have to use rather than which will cost them less.

I disagree with this move but I suggest that perhaps the OP can secretly still write iPhone apps and do paid development. You have your wife and kids to answer to. I feel this is rash and immature.

If you really want to help, earn money from Apple and then spend your other free time helping Linux out. This is what I recommend.

Sorry to read this news — I was just getting more disciplined about listening to your podcasts regularly. They’re great.

I think I would respectfully disagree with some of your rationale. Designers are accustomed to working within constraints, and know that creativity thrives just fine in the context of them. In fact, constraints channel creativity rather than douse it. The app space for the iPhone is full of amazing, creative, beautiful, and functional apps. I guess I just don’t see where app designers are being limited creatively.

Creativity without constraints is art. Creativity on the behalf of others is design, which always entails scope, constraints, and usability expectations.

And I think whether we like it or not, designing iPhone apps does involve a client: Apple.

So far for me, Apple has been a very cooperative and helpful client. I’ve managed to get 8 apps accepted with only one intermediary rejection (and it was because I accidentally submitted a revision based on a crashy earlier version), and the rejection came with a detailed email that helped me fix it. Similarly, I’ve now just gotten my second rejection, this time with my first iPad app. But once again the rejection was accompanied by a helpful email with detailed recommendations, so I’m hopeful that I can get my 9th app accepted shortly.

I have to admit that I don’t always enjoy working within constraints. But until a company is more successful than Apple with their design, marketing, engineering, and overall ecosystem management, I’ll gladly design within their limitations. It’s been an amazing opportunity to engage in, and thanks for many tips that I’ve learned from your podcasts along the way. Perhaps you’ll reconsider your decision, and go back to nurturing the iPhone app design community.

Dan,

This is how I have felt for a long time, and one reason I couldn’t bring myself to get the iPhone (loving my Droid, instead). I think Apple has a uphill battle on their hands with every network (and most manufacturers) getting Android phones. Could one phone take down the iPhone? Never. But as a team, I think it’s possible.

I’m sure you’ll come up with the next great idea for something. Listening to all your stories in class, you seemed to have no lack of amazingly creative and clever ideas!

Thanks again for taking the time to teach Mgmt 3010 last semester. It was an honor!

~ Joe ~

P.S. I know the site is in total disrepair and I haven’t cared to fix it, but I felt I just had to list it as my website!

That’s right go cry when thing don’t go exactly how you want them to.

Its simple actually. Its like Microsoft, saying you can only use their tools for Windows development. Imagine the backlash. It just so happen that Apple has a lot of fanboys that fails to see beyond reason.

Now, how the hell Apple is expecting developers to develop games for it when they cannot use any well written proven game engine, when most of the game price have driven down to $.99. Its just doesn’t make business sense.

I expect old games for iPhone to stay longer and new ones will be much more expensive. The barrier of entry has been raised, there will be less competition. By economics, the prices will also go up.

For fanboys : Enjoy your cheap games while you still can.

I have to say, I’m not an Apple fanboy but I love the Iphone. That said, this last move by Apple really makes them look like big dickheads… it’s a big FU to their developers.

Dan,
If you had any talent you would have something to show us. I see you blame everyone else for the fact that you can’t make it. You created a company “like” paypal? Does that mean you made money or blame paypal for being successful while your attempt failed? Name one app you created for iPhone that anyone bought. If you made any money you would be learning how to program so you could make more. Since you can’t, you blame apple like the rest of the losers.

Dan, I enjoyed meeting you in Seattle and I’ve found mobileorchard.com to be a very useful blog for iPhone developers. So I’m sorry to see you leave.

On the question of cross-platform tools, I think the old dev agreement did have some language against using 3rd party frameworks. The new dev agreement makes it much more explicit/clear.
If I wanted to develop Android apps, I wouldn’t expect to use Cocoa-Touch and Objective-C. Similarly, I don’t need .NET or Flash to write iPhone apps. I like the Apple platform and code to it.

It appears that Apple wants to limit their app-store to developers who want to work with their platform. I think this is a legitimate desire. From Apple’s perspective, it helps iPhone users by improving quality and reducing quantity in the app-store and it also helps developers who invested the time to learn Apple’s platform. Obviously, it also helps Apple if developers use their platform directly instead of going through middle-men. Overall, I don’t have a problem with Apple’s policy.

In any event, you will be missed. Thanks again for all the work you’ve done to help iPhone app developers and wish you the best of luck in your next venture.

Hello Dan,

This is sad news. I really learned a lot reading your blog.

I wish you all the best for your future endeavors.

Cheers,
Joe

The cup is half full. Welcome to Android! No need to shut down, just change platforms.

Dan, I completely understand. The level of policing and the ever-shifting rules make for a very uncomfortable development environment, and it can’t be very encouraging for someone who wants to make his living in it.

My growing disenchantment about the platform stems from content policing. I work in comics, comics for lesbian and gay audiences in particular, and I read a very dismaying report about a non-pornographic gay romance comic (an adaptation of “The Importance of Being Earnest”, no less!) being rejected as an app due to suggestive content. The author placed enormous black boxes over what he believed were the “offending” panels, and it was rejected again.

This is continuing in the iBooks store:

Zinio, just like any content provider for iPad and iPhone, has to submit all of its content to Apple under Regional Content Review. That means that if Apple decides certain titles that Zinio carries are unfit for a particular regional market — in this case, the United States — it will censor and/or prohibit those titles from being viewed on an iPad, iPhone or iTouch.

I can’t include sales to iPhone, iPod and iPad customers in a business plan if I can be banned at Apple’s discretion. And it looks likely that I would be.

Dude, grow up! Stop whining! Make something creative for iPhone and show
off.

Just because you got a blog and some readers, don’t pretend like
Apple and Apple users need you and they will be big losers if they lost
you and your creativity!

Man, you are a child!

Congratulations! You just lost a customer.

Funny to read so many haters in YOUR blog. probably thinking one less dev one more chance for me. Apple thrives on developers then slams the door whenever they feel is in their best interest, agreed nothing new, nonetheless disturbing
What is the point of working for something you don’t believe anymore? none.
I’m happy to see people with principles, it might no put food in your table, but it will help you find your way in life better than sucking up to the man just because you fear being out of the loop and hype.

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.

Bravo.
It is so important to take a stand for what you believe in.

Were you this upset when Adobe dropped Framemaker? Didn’t bring Premiere to the Mac? Ignored the Mac for Photoshop Elements for years? Didn’t embrace OSX for years? Didn’t include features in Adobe Acrobat?

Come on! Adobe has screwed with Apple for over a decade. It was justified as a business decision and now Apple is returning the favor.

Stop whining!

Oh for goodness sakes! Is it really necessary to be a drama queen at this point?

I respect your decision as you have a right to volition however, is anything that Apple does that much of a hardship on you and your ilk? Really? I’m not trying to be difficult or argumentative I’d just like to understand why some take this extreme position.

I having some understanding of Apple’s approach to programming, personally I like it. They seem to set standards that - lets face it many iPhone devs just have not lived up to good coding practices (i.e. “Cookie Cutter” apps) that they charge $$ for.

This so called “Section 3.3.1″ (and Apple’s general approval process), seems to more or less prevent devs from creating ‘hacks’ to allow their applications to run (runtime environment, custom frameworks, etc?) or function in some way that makes it easy for the developer to write the app but then compromises the users experience and system performance/stability. If I’m right about that then I’m not seeing a problem other than devs that don’t want to conform to a standard of excellence or even protocol.

You seem like a very smart dude so I don’t think you’ll have a problem keeping your family happy and healthy. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Good luck Dan.

But it is pity, you was on of my primary sources. I am just begging with the platform.

iPhone SDK 5.0 License

1.0 Developers are obliged to perform five times a day the Apple Religious Prayer in front of their iPhone. Correct performance will be checked through the iPrayer Developer Surveillance Program.

The Morning Prayer is as follows:

Steve Jobs is Most Great
I bear witness that there is no god but Steve Jobs
I bear witness that Objective-C is the Messenger of all my Applications
Come to code in Xcode
Come to the good
Steve Jobs is Most Great

etcetera

Good for you Dan. It’s sad that most of the developer community doesn’t have the balls (i.e., principles) to do what you did. If they did, Apple would change their policy in a heartbeat. In any event, I have decided to not buy an iPad (even though I REALLY want one) or any other Apple products until Apple comes to their senses. This new policy is completely absurd and indefensible. Shame on all the Apple apologists who try to provide excuses for this abhorrent behavior.

@Giorgio Galante

Re: XCode is by far the most neglected (by its creator) development environment from any of the major platform developers out there (Visual Studio, Eclipse, etc.)

Yes this maybe true but the one thing that I believe that we forget about is that Apple doesn’t move very quickly and it’s fast to jettison what it deems to be old technology and moves on.

I just ask is it good that Visual Studio get so manny updates and isn’t neglected? What edge has it offered?

I just with an articulate developer could explain the “pros” and “cons” of Apples move. Right now all I hear is whining, but no concrete explanation of how this is good and how it’s bad. I’m not looking to hear from people that seem to have an agenda one way or the other. I suppose I’ll get that from this from the likes of MacWorld writers (not looking forward to a dumbed down version but I guess I’ll have to make due)

Recently I heard that many lines of code still existed in Windows NT development is now in Windows 7. Now thats something that Apple hasn’t done, they let go of Carbon (OS 9 remnants) and that pissed off a lot of developers but you know, they’ll get over it. Thats progress on ‘one level’.

I think what you and many others are gripping about is progress (which i think is fair). Apple on the other hand is selective and slow to move with certain things than with others. Perhaps this is one of those things?

GOOD LUCK MAKING MONEY ELSEWHERE!
You’ll fucking need it

Good luck Dan - it is a shame to see you leave though. Your site is one of the few I have indexed in my RSS reader…

Coming from someone who has benefited greatly from your podcast in the past and considers you a definitive resource in iPhone development, I am very happy to hear you taking a principled stand that many others are unwilling or unable to make themselves.

It’s so common to hear the arguments like “Leaving won’t change anything”, which makes little sense since this is the equivalent of “voting with your dollar.” I also heard the comments to the effect of: “Why are you surprised that Apple is acting in their own best interest?” whose premise is fundamentally flawed because it assumes that the outcome of this decision will in fact be in their best interest. Given that you and many others are leaving, Apple is likely not acting in their best interest, but rather they’re shooting themselves in the foot.

I would love the opportunity to switch to another viable platform using anything other than the antiquated Objective-C / Cocoa platform combined with the inferior XCode IDE. It really feels that passionate iPhone developers have a certain type of Stockholm’s syndrome whenever they talk about the platform.

Just wanted to say thanks for all you’ve contributed to the community and to me personally by helping me get me into iPhone development in the first place. Your articles will be missed. I also appreciate you taking a stand like this.

Looking forward to hearing what’s next. I’m hoping that Google gives you a call, but regardless I expect great things.

PS - It seems like every single negative comment above was left by people unwilling to identify themselves.

When your righteous indignation subsides for long enough for you to really think about it, perhaps you will understand Apple’s position.

Apple has made a calculated decision that it is worth loosing a few dedicated folks like yourself in order to prevent 3rd party runtimes from gaining traction on, and eventually controlling, its platform. Adobe has already demonstrated in its handling of Creative Suite for Mac that it is not committed to keeping up with Apple’s development pace. For Apple to allow the commoditization of its platform via a significant percentage of WORA apps would be irresponsible to its stakeholders.

You may still decide that iPhone development is not for you, and that’s fine. But don’t base that decision upon the mistaken belief that there is some sort of emotional component to this decision, that it is “evil” or “greedy” or “wrong” or anything other than a purely business decision designed to ensure Apple’s long-term survival.

Dan,
MobileOrchard was a great resource, thanks for all the effort you put into it. It’s sad to see the idiocy of Apple Legal impacting developers to abandon the community. They have no idea what they’ve done.

A sad story, and I suspect we’ll see a great many more yet.

Good luck with your future endeavours….

James Bray

I have a question about your logic given your banking example. Apple’s terms are known (and agreed to), so this shouldn’t be a surprise if someone disregards them and still tries to get an app approved. However, if you go along with Apple’s terms, that (in itself) won’t get your app declined. With your banking example, however, you write your app and then have to get permission from each bank, so how is several “daddies” any better than one? And I note that the banks didn’t have any technical reason to not allow online credit card transactions, and you had to go bank by bank for permission meaning that it was even more onerous than getting approval by one “daddy”. Yet, you were comfortable with that.

And as Bruce noted, http://bit.ly/a65yZd gives credible reasons why Apple does not want Adobe’s (or other) “workarounds” that avoid using Apple’s dev tools.

And as far as Flash itself goes, I see that MS is also not allowing Flash on their new Windows Phone 7 Series platform, but for some reason I have only heard complaints about Apple products lacking Flash. Sure, they said they have nothing against Flash per se, and don’t discount Flash being allowed in the future, but there is no guarantee of that, so it is just more MS vaporware (certainly for the moment), but that is apparently enough to let them off the hook for not allowing Flash?

Just askin’.

Steven (#117) summed it up nicely. Why is it that otherwise smart and independent people get caught up in this whirlpool of memes and self-righteous grandstanding? I see so many of the same phrases being repeated in blog after blog. Payne, Hewitt, Bray, dhh, etc., all seem to be singing the same chorus of their worlds coming to an end. Call it what you will (”. . . walled garden . . . permissive . . . closed . . .” etc.), but at the end of the day, what are you really so upset about? Is it that they won’t allow you to choose your own tools and methods to build on their platform/device/market? Just stop and read that last sentence a few more times. Your (and others’) whining suggests that your rights have some way been violated by 3.3.1. Grow up. There are things more important than a private electronics company forcing you to follow their rules in order for you to be paid.

Ok, so you drank the cool-aid, you became a little Apple follower. Apple became your “God”. Then your “God” rejected your app, and like a hurt child, you scream and cry and tell them you don’t love them anymore. If you had the strength in the first place to just program and not get all frickin evangelical about Apple, and love them like a Deity, you wouldn’t have gotten so “hurt” in the first place. And what about this comment:

“I created it knowing — and accepting — that it would never be accepted in the store. ”

Dude, what the hell were you thinking? If you run your car into a brick wall do you back it up and keep slamming into it thinking you’re gonna bust through one day?

I came to this site today to request Dan about the possibility of doing a podcast about my company. I am shocked to hear this news. This is a new beginning for you Dan. Good luck.

“Mobile Orchard is — well, was — how I earned a living. Teaching iPhone dev classes, plus a little from advertisers and our holiday bundle, provided enough income for me to keep my kids and wife warm, clothed and fed. So I need a new source of income. ”

Why would you even need to do this, if you’ve made a small fortune creating and selling startups.

Having said that, I am sorry to see you go. I loved your articles, and at times have found answers to my vexing iphone coding problems.

For example, your tutorial on finding “Leaks” was a life saver. Prior to that, I could find them by simply examining my code…but with the increasing complexity in my apps, the “Leaks” approach found memory problems that were hard to solve by just examining the code. Using your tutorial, I found and solved the problem in just 30 minutes. Kudos to you for taking the time to write it.

Whatever you do, I want to wish you the best of luck with it.

I am with you!- Monopolies suck, and Dwight gives a shit enough to comment with all the other fed up readers. Apple needs to play nicer than their selfish leader has been playing, the day is coming when they will be begging developers to come back, as they have in the past.

who cares ahhh yeah I invented something like…. ah yeah paypal what a loser who cares nobody knows who you are cutting edge i GOT AN EDGE YOU CAN CUT YOUR TEETH ON you suck