Most people on HN would be able to checkout and build the app, so why not just use iAd and offer an in-app purchase to remove ads (1$) for the version in store? That way you could collect some revenue and subsidize the cost of the developer license.
If you want to put in some additional effort, a 99c in app purchase is a great option. If not, this game looks polished enough that you could charge for it. Try it at 99c or $1.99, you can always revert it back to free.
This applies to the apps that don't disclose upfront that they run ads. Otherwise, I simply don't download them.
(edit) I don't mind ads per se, but I find it exceptionally irksome when others decide, for me, that I should be made aware of this product and that service. Thanks, but no.
Immediately uninstalling an app that you don't like is reasonable. Giving it a one-star review because it has ads ... how about a little humanity for the developer trying to make a living?
"I don't mind ads per se, but I find it exceptionally irksome when others decide, for me, that I should be made aware of this product and that service."
I don't understand this sentence. What else does an ad do? Or are you referring to the fact that there wasn't a heads-up in the app description?
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++ for sharing the source.
Most people on HN would be able to checkout and build the app, so why not just use iAd and offer an in-app purchase to remove ads (1$) for the version in store? That way you could collect some revenue and subsidize the cost of the developer license.
If you want to put in some additional effort, a 99c in app purchase is a great option. If not, this game looks polished enough that you could charge for it. Try it at 99c or $1.99, you can always revert it back to free.
For those who want it for free, they can compile from source :)
Ads in an app is an immediate removal and a 1 star review.
Well that seems thoroughly unreasonable.
This applies to the apps that don't disclose upfront that they run ads. Otherwise, I simply don't download them.
(edit) I don't mind ads per se, but I find it exceptionally irksome when others decide, for me, that I should be made aware of this product and that service. Thanks, but no.
Immediately uninstalling an app that you don't like is reasonable. Giving it a one-star review because it has ads ... how about a little humanity for the developer trying to make a living?
"I don't mind ads per se, but I find it exceptionally irksome when others decide, for me, that I should be made aware of this product and that service."
I don't understand this sentence. What else does an ad do? Or are you referring to the fact that there wasn't a heads-up in the app description?
That's precisely what I am referring to.