Good to see AppShopper back, though I had it on my phone all along and didn't need to rely on Apple to have it available for download - I didn't even know it was removed until I read something about just that in the AppGratis news. But things like this always make me keep copys of important apps or app versions just before they stop being awesome on my hard drive.
So how do you guys deal with IAP/ads in this version? If I paid for the ad-free IAP, will I be spared with ads in the new app? I haven't seen any so far.
BTW: Great you guys found a way without being forced to go with a web version, although a web version wouldn't hurt, too. In the early days after Twitter bought Tweetie, they were still awesome and had a web version for some time which pretty much imitated the iOS app version in a successful way (not the way it does now, whether be it their app or their mobile version)... maybe a hint of where to go.
If you are testing a web version, I would pretty much like to beta-test if (and let that be a big 'if' since you didn't even point into the direction of a possibility for a web version) you are planning on releasing such a thing, maybe as a fall-back safety measure if Apple pulls another string or when issues occur within the app.
edit: Since Apple messed up its iOS 6 App Store with the bad preview system they call a list (they obviously only built it in since they bought the license for that impractical layout and didn't want the money to be wasted) and since they never had an actual solution for really discovering rather that finding specific apps, Discovery Apps are imo very much needed. A long time ago, I chose AppShopper for its great layout and platform-wide features (please polish the Mac Apps section, maybe embed them into the app as well?) and I still believe it to be the one with the most suitable algorithm for me.
So how do you guys deal with IAP/ads in this version? If I paid for the ad-free IAP, will I be spared with ads in the new app? I haven't seen any so far.
BTW: Great you guys found a way without being forced to go with a web version, although a web version wouldn't hurt, too. In the early days after Twitter bought Tweetie, they were still awesome and had a web version for some time which pretty much imitated the iOS app version in a successful way (not the way it does now, whether be it their app or their mobile version)... maybe a hint of where to go.
If you are testing a web version, I would pretty much like to beta-test if (and let that be a big 'if' since you didn't even point into the direction of a possibility for a web version) you are planning on releasing such a thing, maybe as a fall-back safety measure if Apple pulls another string or when issues occur within the app.
edit: Since Apple messed up its iOS 6 App Store with the bad preview system they call a list (they obviously only built it in since they bought the license for that impractical layout and didn't want the money to be wasted) and since they never had an actual solution for really discovering rather that finding specific apps, Discovery Apps are imo very much needed. A long time ago, I chose AppShopper for its great layout and platform-wide features (please polish the Mac Apps section, maybe embed them into the app as well?) and I still believe it to be the one with the most suitable algorithm for me.
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