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aaronbrethorst | karma 62694 | avg karma 8.0 · 2023-01-19 15:48:36

I hope no one ever kicks you when you’re down. You might want to consider extending others the same grace.

schnebbau | karma 618 | avg karma 4.75 · 2023-01-19 15:55:37

They aren't some poor dev struggling to eat and pay bills, they've been one of the most popular third party Twitter apps for 15 years. They are not down.

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · 2023-01-19 15:59:19

They'll be down if everyone asks for a refund and they wind up losing years worth of revenue.

schnebbau | karma 618 | avg karma 4.75 · 2023-01-19 16:11:45

They'll be slightly less rich, but still considerably more rich than most of us.

aaronbrethorst | karma 62694 | avg karma 8.0 · 2023-01-19 16:43:47

You seem to know a lot about the economics of being an indie app developer and consulting firm. You should share more about how much cash they must be rolling in.

jdminhbg | karma 8659 | avg karma 4.29 · 2023-01-19 16:25:35

If everyone asks for a refund, won't they wind up losing some fraction of one year's worth of revenue?

kelnos | karma 35726 | avg karma 3.07 · 2023-01-19 16:58:08

Too bad? The idea that we should treat companies that stop longer providing a product as charities deserving of free money is a bit silly.

Twitterific built their business on something that we often acknowledge here as being very shaky: the whim of a third-party platform. If the company hasn't considered and prepared for the scenario where that third-party platform completely cuts off your access, that's irresponsible as a business owner.

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pessimizer | karma 33733 | avg karma 2.47 · 2023-01-19 16:26:36

You have to ignore an awful lot of kicked down people to start donating to recently-employed developers.

aaronbrethorst | karma 62694 | avg karma 8.0 · 2023-01-20 01:24:07

I too enjoy demanding refunds from my purchases on the App Store and then redistributing those dollars to the unhoused folks I encounter outside of Starbucks.