@boyvanamstel So am I. I was under the impression Apple was still rejecting "personal" apps that didn't have a broad potential audience. If they aren't, I've got a number of apps coming.
@SacBookReviewer That crossed my mind as well. If you read the description on the App Store though, you could interpret it as if Ethan is an artificial intelligence.
@gliechtenstein yes you did, and the app is very cool. Not throwing shade at all.
My only comment is about app store approval, and if they've changed previous standards or if this was a fluke (or as Boy said you described it in a way that got it through.)
We've had some opportunity to do apps for individuals before and didn't because our understanding of apple guidelines they probably wouldn't be approved. So this opens some doors for us if the standards have changed.
@SacBookReviewer oh i didn't mean to come off that way, i meant i intentionally described it so that it sounds like it's actually for a large audience, and as a matter of fact it actually is for a large audience
@gliechtenstein I'd love one of these for myself too! It's especially interesting for marketing/engagement purposes when you consider: email < sms < push notifications...
@miles_matthias I have the white label solution for this :). No, seriously. With an ability for you to segment "your" app users and send bulk messages as well :)
You know who probably really wants this? Small businesses. Spoke to quite a few who loved the idea of giving this kind of app to their loyal customers. To stay in touch with them, to broadcast offers and send updates on their offerings, etc. I've been very tempted to do this after a hackathon where I met a bunch of small business owners: http://srikrishnan.me/post/91303...
@srikrishnang There are a lot of problems working with SMBs. I was just reading this last night and it matched a lot of the experiences we've had over the years - http://www.crashdev.com/2012/01/...
Which is not to say there aren't local businesses that embrace new technology and opportunities, but they're a minority. On a project we're doing with the comic book industry, out of 2000 comic stores, the vast majority of them don't even have an email address for their website domain (or don't have a website).
@srikrishnang Not disagreeing with you. Just saying that any business that focuses on SMBs is going to have a very tough hill to climb. We've been working with wineries for years, and mostly focus on getting money from the wine tourists over the wineries. Easier sell.
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1. really neat product
2. will it come to Android?
3. curious how many white label signups
4. @rrhoover would be great if the title mentioned what
platform said products could be used on. wanted Ethan
but only now realised iOS only. thx
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