I'm selling my open source app

sdegutis.github.io

24 points·sdegutis··8 comments

I took a similar model with Isomer: http://jdan.github.io/isomer. I tried it as an experiment, and was delightfully surprised by the number of people who wanted to pay for it.

That's a very cool library. I may just have to pick it up myself. Thanks for sharing.

> Anything that uses Apple’s “Accessibility API”, which lies at the heart of Hydra, is forbidden by Apple to enter their App Store.

Not heard that before - why is that?

So I guess for the author, without the Mac App Store, there's no hope for commercial success?

I thought the Mac App Store might take longer to gain full traction - the buy-and-download from the developer website model was pretty prevalent. I guess it happened faster than I expected.

Deleted comment

I was speaking specifically of commercial success and the App Store, not notoriety or use in the wild.

I realize money isn't the sole measure of success for software.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/securi...

The following app behaviors are incompatible with App Sandbox:

[...]

Use of accessibility APIs in assistive apps

With App Sandbox, you can and should enable your app for accessibility, as described in Accessibility Overview for OS X. However, you cannot sandbox an assistive app such as a screen reader, and you cannot sandbox an app that controls another app.

Presumably due to the store's sandboxing requirements; the accessibility API grants a lot of power over running applications.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com