hi Miloš,
My name is Josh. I agree with you. I am from the United States. and I
am a happy android user. have been for 3 or so years now. I had an ipod
touch back in 2012. When I discovered android I sold the iPod and never
looked back. I also agree that although the united states is a great
country that its not the only one and we're not the whole world. I am
only on social security and for me, android devices are much much more
affordable than apple devices. I can get a good blu energy x plus 2
android 6.0 android phone off amazon for $90. My android tablet cost me
$80. And I could turn on the screen reader and set it up all by myself.
But what am I missing? audio games! I want more games to play. please
open source the blindfold games. please.
On 11/9/2017 06:07, Milos Przic wrote:
Hello,
This is certainly not true for the hole World. I am aware that in the
US, for example, things might be close to what you are saying, even
though the US has a relatively big Android users' community, but when
you look at it from the non-US perspective, you get a way bigger
community. I think that among us blind there are more users of Android
than those of IOS, and this number is getting bigger every day for
many reasons. It is another question who would be willing to pay and
how much, but I am sure that the number of those who actually would
use the in-app purchases possibility would be equal to those who did
and would do this on Iphone.
So I want to use this occasion to tell the developers not to look on
the hole World from the US perspective. Ok, the quality of life there
might be better than in many other parts of the World at least when it
comes to economy, but America is not the center of the World, and many
people from there tend to behave as if it were so, doing damage to
their own businesses. I myself was surprised when I discovered how
much Android is used among the blind when I became an Android user
myself. So please do not make assumptions based on no evidence and
from the US-centric point of view.
When it comes to reprogramming and recoding, yes, it is quite a work,
long and hard, but if the Apple is not clear about how many apps a
developer can publish and how similar or different they should be
between each other, it really means that "alternative" optionns are a
better way.
Best,
Miloš
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*From:* john <mailto:jpcarnemo...@gmail.com>
*To:* blind-gamers@groups.io <mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io>
*Sent:* Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:25 AM
*Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
Josh:
It almost certainly would not be worth it. In the blind community,
it seems that Android is actually only used by a small, if very
loyal, group of people. I'll say this platform loyalty transfers
into double sales, but even so, 5%*2=10% of original sales
figures. That's not worth it.
*From:* Josh Kennedy <mailto:joshknnd1...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 08, 2017 22:29
*To:* blind-gamers@groups.io <mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io>
*Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
yes it would take time. but would be worth it i think.
On 11/8/2017 21:49, Liam Erven wrote:
Josh. You realize all of his games would have to be rewritten
from the ground up right?
It’s not exactly a rainy day project.
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*From: *Josh Kennedy <mailto:joshknnd1...@gmail.com>
*Sent: *Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:46 PM
*To: *blind-gamers@groups.io <mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io>
*Subject: *Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
just switch to google play store so we android users can have
more games please. thanks. and a new talkback just came out
recently 6.0 beta. it works very good.
On 11/8/2017 20:37, Liam Erven wrote:
It’s unfortunate, but I’ve talked to some other developpers
who have had the same issues.
Mainly developpers who are designing apps as 3^rd parties get
hit by this.
I will certainly write and Call Apple though. Maybe enough
people can give you some sort of free pass, though I doubt it.
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*Sent: *Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:28 PM
*To: *blind-gamers@groups.io <mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io>
*Subject: *Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able
to do in app purchases?
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On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz
<ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com
<mailto:ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com>> wrote:
I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and
Apple’s decision is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold
Games into a handful of apps, they will no longer allow
new games to be released or allow updates to be make.
From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and
time-consuming. From a business perspective, that would
mean spending hundreds of hours recoding the games, with
no possible return-on-investment. Most of the games
generate sales in the first three months of the game
being released, and I’ve been building these games for 4
years.
From a usability perspective, that means the main menus
would be ridiculously complex, and the settings screens
would be confusing and almost unusable.
If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express
your opinion to Apple. The accessibility desk is at
accessibil...@apple.com
<mailto:accessibil...@apple.com>or you can call
1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games.
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