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Gedeon Maheux
Personal blog · gedblog.comstartupsbusiness
Gedeon Maheux writes gedblog, a personal blog at gedblog.com about startups and business. Since 2009, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts are by an iPhone app developer about app sales and the App Store. One commenter cites a 2009 post as an example of developers complaining about weak sales.
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What Hacker News says?
I agree. I think it's important that a lot of the people with lackluster sales or disappointing results should take a step back and be honest with themselves about whether or not their app is actually worth buying. There is plenty of moaning and belly aching online from iPhone developers who are upset their apps don't sell well (such as this semi-famous one: http://gedblog.com/2009/09/28/losing-ireligion ) but few t…
Comment linking /2009/09/28/losing-ireligion
on “RedLaser iPhone App reaches 750K downloads, $1M in revenue”Submitted How broken is discovery on the App Store? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI don't believe its on the Iconfactory blog, just the blog of one of their developers. Here's a link: http://gedblog.com/2009/09/28/losing-ireligion/
Comment linking /2009/09/28/losing-ireligion/
on “The two App Stores”Submitted Twitter Identity Transference Syndrome (TwITS) (2007) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Twitterrific Switches To Freemium Revenue Model as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mr. Jobs, Domino’s Calling as a story · 1 points
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