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#424of 1,739 in 2013
Top 25%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, polished design
From 2 comments
Although it's not much of a use for me since I'm not in the U.S., looks nice, polished, dead-simple. Ability to open store locations in Google Maps (in addition to stock…
batuhanicoz on HNHave you tried writing your own very thin wrapper for scraping Apple instead of doing it directly inside of the actual application? I like the app... It's clean and simple. I had…
whalesalad on HN
Open-sourcing the rejected app is notable
From 2 comments
It's a bit different rejection story from the most (but certainly not different from all), that difference being Ahmet open-sourced his app, rather then just whining about…
batuhanicoz on HNWell, he did release his code, although it is a very simple app.
megablast on HN
Objections
Scraping Apple sites violates App Review guidelines 12.1
From 1 comment
This is why you should read the App review guidelines [1] before you start. It's right there in black and white: 12.1 Apps that scrape any information from Apple sites (for…
coob on HN
Post links to a subdomain-hosted blog, off-topic for HN
From 1 comment
This is why HN should also display subdomains in submissions. This is a blog of a random guy, which redirects to another domain, but gets most of the attention because of…
CSDude on HN
Requests
Provide a mobile HTML version
From 1 comment
Well, if you think there's a demand for it just do a mobile html version. It's not a super complicated app to implement with html.
yanivs on HN
Questions
Does the official Apple Store app have this feature?
From 1 comment
Although it's not much of a use for me since I'm not in the U.S., looks nice, polished, dead-simple. Ability to open store locations in Google Maps (in addition to stock…
batuhanicoz on HN
Alternatives named
apple-tracker.com
From 1 comment
On a related note, Apple also sent a DMCA take down notice to a site which did something similar for iPhone 5S availability: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6680716 Site in…
jyap on HN
refurb.me
From 1 comment
Nice app. It reminds me of http://www.refurb.me, which is to track the stock of refurbished Apple devices.
cygwin98 on HN