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David Barnard
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David Barnard's personal blog at davidbarnard.com covers business and programming. Since 2010, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment, in a thread about Airmail, a Mac mail client sold for $2. It asks about the app's business model and does not discuss the linked writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Writing by David Barnard about the App Store, apps, technology, and independent software.
What Hacker News says?
I was curious if there had been any discussion about this. I suppose not. Recommended in the "Mavericks ruins Mail.app" thread[0], I was surprised to find it only costs $2. Given the lessons of Sparrow[1] (which sold for $3!), this doesn't seem sustainable. What's their business model? Is it entirely based on $2 upfront sales with no sustained support? Because I cannot imagine that lasting long. [0]. https://news.yc…
Comment linking /post/58970496119/the-sparrow-problem
on “Airmail: Lightning fast mail client for OSX”Submitted How to Game the App Store as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted App Review Psychology as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anti-Competitive AND Potentially Creepy as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Eleventh App - A response to DHH 10 apps argument as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Made, Is Making, or Will Make? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fair Use of Ideas as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Barnard – Blog – How to Game the App Store as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The App Store as an Economy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted App Previews as a Tiered App Store as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everyone Borrows, Google Flaunts It as a story · 1 points
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