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Anthony S Geranio
@asg · iOS Engineer, Skillshare
@stagename - Originally planned on making overall 8.0 minimum requirement because we use some iOS 8 API's. I figured a good amount of people probably had 8.1, but thinking about downgrading the requirement back to 8.0 or even 7.0+ after some feedback.
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@fronz1lla · CEO Spur
Hello everybody, I'm Fronz, the CEO of Spur. We JUST released the app to the public last night, and the feedback has been wild. We crashed the servers within 60 seconds of launch and we are now crawling our way up the top charts. Right now we are at the #59 spot, and we are the #1 trending search on the entire app store.
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Josh Barkin
@joshbarkin · Co-founder @ Janis
Curious as to why iOS version 8.1 is a minimum requirement?
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Anthony S Geranio
@asg · iOS Engineer, Skillshare
@stagename - Originally planned on making overall 8.0 minimum requirement because we use some iOS 8 API's. I figured a good amount of people probably had 8.1, but thinking about downgrading the requirement back to 8.0 or even 7.0+ after some feedback.
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Congrats on the launch, @fronz1lla. I'm curious to hear your thought process behind the downvote button. We intentionally avoided this on PH, in part because of the potentially negative undertone.
Adam Cudworth
@adamcudworth · iOS @ SwiftKey. Founder @ Ekho.
Based on the usage stats so far for Ekho (campus/student based app - similar to Yik Yak) I've been surprised just how many people are still on 7.x - with a *significant* number still on 7.0! Less than half are on 8.x.
Personally, I wouldn't ship anything that requires 8.0+ at this point in time as you're immediately constraining your potential user base.