R.I.P Appulous
The biggest unofficial iPhone appstore has shutdown.
These are some of the reasons provided:
“the hardware required to keep up with Appulous’ traffic got crazy expensive”
“by this point, the hardcore pirates had moved in and started taking the apps for free, with no intention to purchase them if they liked them. It was inevitable and no one was so naive as to think it wouldn’t happen. This alone wasn’t what turned things sour for me. It was intensely frustrating to see our community overrun by people interested in piracy alone, who thought they were somehow entitled to free iPhone apps — but even that wasn’t the nail in Appulous’ coffin.”
Read the whole post here with a lot more detail here - http://appulo.us/omgwhy.html
Also the note to Apple: - http://appulo.us/applewtf.html
RIP Appulous, you will be sorely missed.
