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JB
Personal blog · jonathanbuys.comprogrammingculture
JB is a personal blog at jonathanbuys.com about programming and culture. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Android Marketplace Inconsistencies”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's Android Marketplace post in a discussion of Palm's $100 developer sign-up fee, as a comparison point for how app store entry costs play out. The comment does not judge the 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.
Someday I won't be able to do this. Today is not that day.
Most-linked posts?
- Android Marketplace Inconsistencies2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-10
What Hacker News says?
Well, I look at it like this: If you've got the kind of bullshit we see right now at $100, can you imagine if it were free? You don't have to – look at Android Marketplace: http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html I'd, personally, prefer a $500 fee to get into the store, but whatever. On the other bit, I meant doing the right thing relative to Palm's nonsense about grabbing the SDK after jumping t…
Comment linking /11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html
on “Palm’s amazingly user-hostile sign-up process”Submitted Gross Apple Marketing as a story · 252 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Android Marketplace Inconsistencies as a story · 1 points
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