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A dune fan I assume? See you in the next game!

Could be, but how is this considered spam ?

I'd be down to help, hit me up, my email is at the bottom of the story.

Not an MLM, see other comments for more details.

The reason I don't link to any apps is that it wasn't the point of the story.

Not sure what you mean by "spam" apps, but that's not the case. Nobody is spamming anyone.

Thanks man, this really means a lot.

Would you define crap apps though ? I'm not sure we're on the same page here.

None of the apps made through the software contain malware or spam or anything "horrifying", they simply lack originality.

Thanks, currently trying to figure that as well.

Thank you for the kind words. I took that decision years ago, when hybrid dev was still struggling. If you're asking why I'm not switching now, I just don't have it in me to invest more time in the tool, even though it would significantly cut costs.

Good point, this actually never crossed my mind. I guess at that time, I was feeling a little behind since SaaS was the hottest thing and I wanted to be part of that.

It's not. Free users have already agreed to share a percentage of their ad revenue. The 10% that goes to referrers is taken from that percentage.

I wrote this. All users get paid directly from the advertising network through bank wires / western union.

The idea was to share some of the things I learned along the way with people starting side-projects/pseudo-startups, more specifically helping them avoid the mistakes I made earlier.

Hi there, I'm the guy who wrote the story.

I agree with what you said, and yes that is why I hate the tool. That was the point of the write up.

I did not want to post this on hacker news, but seems like someone did.

Edit : Our users do not spam the play store with fake icons though, they just make unoriginal apps based on templates ( Wallpapers, stuff like that ).