I've been working on an app that I believe will be beneficial to millions of people. And I've seen a few built and deployed that are SOOOOO close -- and even an announcement by a VERY big player that is also close.
But frankly, I believe they've all misfired.
And that it's my app that will literally change the world.
So I keep plugging away.
Alone.
We'll see if anybody actually uses it though. It's always a crapshoot.
I already dropped the ball once when I had essentially the same idea as Lyft or Uber -- but decided not to pursue it when I read Apple's rules against transportation-related apps.
I'd be willing to bet that hundreds of us had that idea. It was that obvious.
But Uber and Lyft actually built and deployed something.
And apparently those rules were rules that could be broken.
It would be interesting if someone could dig up the old apple App Store Review Guidelines from whenever Core Location first became available.
Currently it disallows "Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected".
But I'm fairly certain that at the time it disallowed transportation industry related apps, and specifically mentioned trucking and taxis.
Which was irritating to me because during the dot-bomb at the turn of the century I had been reduced to the role of taxi driver for a time.
And the only way to actually get any fares through dispatch was to bribe everybody and especially the radio guys. I hated it and really had to work hard to make money from people hailing me.
So when I first learned of Core Location, my first thought was "motherfuck taxi dispatch - I can make them irrelevant with iPhones now".
Seriously, I'd love for someone to dredge up the old version of that document so I can read over it again.
I've been working on an app that I believe will be beneficial to millions of people. And I've seen a few built and deployed that are SOOOOO close -- and even an announcement by a VERY big player that is also close.
But frankly, I believe they've all misfired.
And that it's my app that will literally change the world.
So I keep plugging away.
Alone.
We'll see if anybody actually uses it though. It's always a crapshoot.
I already dropped the ball once when I had essentially the same idea as Lyft or Uber -- but decided not to pursue it when I read Apple's rules against transportation-related apps.
I'd be willing to bet that hundreds of us had that idea. It was that obvious.
But Uber and Lyft actually built and deployed something.
And apparently those rules were rules that could be broken.
Oh well, live and learn.