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AppLovin is the company blog at blog.applovin.com, writing about programming and business. Since 2013, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Whatever It Would Cost to Eliminate Mobile Ads, Consumers Don't Want to Pay It”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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12mentions?
9HN people?
2013–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2015

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

AppLovin's company blog covers mobile app and games industry topics such as RSS, hypercasual games, and platform security. Commenters mostly link its posts as answers to questions.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Whatever It Would Cost to Eliminate Mobile Ads, Consumers Don't Want to Pay It
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-07-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. > Micropayments have been tried. They all failed Would be interesting to read about that — you happen to have any links? I websearched for "failed micropayments" and found: "One type of micropayment that does work — one you might not even think of as a micropayment — is in-app-purchases (IAP). IAP are a huge source of revenue [...]" And: "One reason users don’t like micropayments for content [to read] is it requires…

    Comment linking /why-micropayments-fail-and-one-notable-success-story/

    on “It’s Time to Get Back to RSS”
  2. Submitted Whatever It Would Cost to Eliminate Mobile Ads, Consumers Don't Want to Pay It as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  3. True story. Although the consumer isn't helping at all. https://blog.applovin.com/data-desk-6-whatever-it-would-cost...

    Comment linking /data-desk-6-whatever-it-would-cost-to-eliminate-mobile-ads-consumers-dont-want-to-pay-it/

    on “Death to Bullshit”
  4. Submitted AppLovin’s TvOS Contest Winner: A Sensation in Japan as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. Hi kumarm - Michael from AppLovin here. Thanks for the comment, it's an important concern. Here is a blog post outlining the problem and corrective actions that were taken: http://blog.applovin.com/applovin-security-notice/

    Comment linking /applovin-security-notice/

    on “AppLovin: Processing 30B Requests A Day”
  6. Submitted The importance of simplicity and efficiency in building an effective UI as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Maybe this? https://blog.applovin.com/hyper-casual-mobile-gamings-newest...

    Comment linking /hyper-casual-mobile-gamings-newest-genre/

    on “The Growth of Hypercasual Games”
  8. Submitted AppLovin Acquires Machine Zone as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted 3 strategies for debugging Java when logs aren’t enough as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Whatever It Would Cost to Eliminate Mobile Ads, Consumers Don’t Want to Pay It as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Embracing Intelligent Monitoring as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted 10 Principles of Good Mobile Library Design as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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