However, the real problem, I think, is that he can't get hold of anyone at Apple to tell him what the problem is, and when it's going to get fixed.
If it is a snafu, then an apology and a year's free developer membership are in order. Six hours without a response is too long for something like this. There needs to be some way to escalate this so it gets taken care of quickly.
As an owner of both Permute and Downie, I can vouch for Mr. Monroe’s quality software. Given the lack of communication, I suspect either a glitch or someone’s hacked his dev certificate (or some such). I hope it will be resolved soon.
Why does he choose to go by Krystof Vasa on the App Store if his web site is Charlie Monroe?
Charlie Monroe Software is the company name. Charlie Monroe is not the developer’s name. They are located in the Czech Republic and based on their website are a small family business.
Maybe they are fans of the musician Charlie Monroe? Who knows why they named their company the way they did.
1. In the noble and worthy pursuit of making omelettes, eggshells shall be broken.
2. Similar to 1., people who prefer secure curated ecosystems to open ones, this is how secure ecosystems are achieved.
3. Why any professional developer would restrict income streams to a single platform and company confuses me. Even if you don't have the time to do so yourself, there are plenty of reputable contractors - by reputable I mean they have a track record of not stealing people's code or algorithms - out there to port your products to other platforms. That way you aren't reliant on a single gatekeeper's decisions - be they arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - for your livelihood and your paying customers - which you need for your livelihood - have alternate means of accessing your services.
4. Continuing from 3., if there was ever a case for platform-independent PWAs where your application is hosted in the cloud - and you retain the sources so you can quickly and easily shift it to another cloud provider should one make a decision - be it arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - to shut you off - then here goes.
Everything you say is nonsense. Wordy nonsense too. But always wrong.
Why does he choose to go by Krystof Vasa on the App Store if his web site is Charlie Monroe?
Charlie Monroe Software is the company name. Charlie Monroe is not the developer’s name. They are located in the Czech Republic and based on their website are a small family business.
Maybe they are fans of the musician Charlie Monroe? Who knows why they named their company the way they did.
The AI article should update then because it refers to the developer as Charlie Monroe. Not the company.
1. In the noble and worthy pursuit of making omelettes, eggshells shall be broken.
2. Similar to 1., people who prefer secure curated ecosystems to open ones, this is how secure ecosystems are achieved.
3. Why any professional developer would restrict income streams to a single platform and company confuses me. Even if you don't have the time to do so yourself, there are plenty of reputable contractors - by reputable I mean they have a track record of not stealing people's code or algorithms - out there to port your products to other platforms. That way you aren't reliant on a single gatekeeper's decisions - be they arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - for your livelihood and your paying customers - which you need for your livelihood - have alternate means of accessing your services.
4. Continuing from 3., if there was ever a case for platform-independent PWAs where your application is hosted in the cloud - and you retain the sources so you can quickly and easily shift it to another cloud provider should one make a decision - be it arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - to shut you off - then here goes.
I'm sure he appreciates your unsolicited free advice. There are plenty of companies that only support Windows. Why shouldn't someone create apps just for iOS or Android. That's their business decision.
However, the real problem, I think, is that he can't get hold of anyone at Apple to tell him what the problem is, and when it's going to get fixed.
If it is a snafu, then an apology and a year's free developer membership are in order. Six hours without a response is too long for something like this. There needs to be some way to escalate this so it gets taken care of quickly.
Keep in mind, we're in a global pandemic and most of these people are working from home now. Good chance it's a glitch with unfortunate timing.
1. In the noble and worthy pursuit of making omelettes, eggshells shall be broken.
2. Similar to 1., people who prefer secure curated ecosystems to open ones, this is how secure ecosystems are achieved.
3. Why any professional developer would restrict income streams to a single platform and company confuses me. Even if you don't have the time to do so yourself, there are plenty of reputable contractors - by reputable I mean they have a track record of not stealing people's code or algorithms - out there to port your products to other platforms. That way you aren't reliant on a single gatekeeper's decisions - be they arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - for your livelihood and your paying customers - which you need for your livelihood - have alternate means of accessing your services.
4. Continuing from 3., if there was ever a case for platform-independent PWAs where your application is hosted in the cloud - and you retain the sources so you can quickly and easily shift it to another cloud provider should one make a decision - be it arbitrary, bureaucratic or malicious - to shut you off - then here goes.
Everything you say is nonsense. Wordy nonsense too. But always wrong.
I saw the name, and just skipped straight past it.
Why does he choose to go by Krystof Vasa on the App Store if his web site is Charlie Monroe?
Charlie Monroe Software is the company name. Charlie Monroe is not the developer’s name. They are located in the Czech Republic and based on their website are a small family business.
Maybe they are fans of the musician Charlie Monroe? Who knows why they named their company the way they did.
The developer prefers to go by the "Charlie Monroe" name.
If this is what it seems to be, Apple has become the worst of the most evil phenomenon Steve Jobs attacked in 1984.
Well, turns out it wasn’t what it seemed to you to be, was it? But we don’t expect a “sorry, I jumped to a conclusion without any information and attacked Apple for skulduggery that never happened”. That will never happen, will it.
Downie 4 is still not back in the NL Mac App Store and the installed one now triggers an error at crashing:
<“Downie 4.app” will damage your computer.>
<This file was downloaded on an unknown date.>
Looks like an erroneous error, may just be indicating something is being worked on at Apple's side. Maybe it is related to the other outages Apple has happening. I woke up to a crashed MBP this morning, loads of errors related to iCloud........
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Maybe someone filed a claim of some sort with Apple.
Still not the way to handle things, Apple!
Oh wait, perhaps this is a isolated glitch that this developer should work out with Apple before alerting the media.
smh.
I'm sure he appreciates your unsolicited free advice. There are plenty of companies that only support Windows. Why shouldn't someone create apps just for iOS or Android. That's their business decision.
Well then, he got free press. Never heard of his apps until now. He probably knew anti-Apple news circles the world while truth is tying it's shoes.
Do you really think Apple is randomly revoking developer accounts for no reason at all? How about waiting until all the facts come out?
The glitch isn’t the problem, the eight hours he had to wait before hearing back from Apple is the problem.