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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>What a double standard! Let’s ask developers of video games to consolidate. The sighted should only have a few choices too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Colorado-Talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>marty schultz via Colorado-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 8, 2017 4:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> blparent@nfbnet.org; 4alabama@nfbnet.org; arizona-students@nfbnet.org; arkabs@nfbnet.org; blind-international-students@nfbnet.org; blindtlk@nfbnet.org; aabs-forum@nfbnet.org; cabs-talk@nfbnet.org; ccb-alumni@nfbnet.org; cccnfbw@nfbnet.org; central-md-chapter@nfbnet.org; centralok@nfbnet.org; cinci-nfb@nfbnet.org; colorado-talk@nfbnet.org; communitynews@nfbnet.org; ct-nfb@nfbnet.org; ctabs@nfbnet.org; md-sligo@nfbnet.org; mabs@nfbnet.org; lpobc@nfbnet.org; labs@nfbnet.org; kansas-blind-students@nfbnet.org; idparents@nfbnet.org; home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org; greater-baltimore@nfbnet.org; games-and-more@nfbnet.org; gabs@nfbnet.org; fopbc@nfbnet.org; fabs@nfbnet.org; wpbc@nfbnet.org; wabs@nfbnet.org; vabs@nfbnet.org; uabs@nfbnet.org; txabs@nfbnet.org; trainer-talk@nfbnet.org; tn-talk@nfbnet.org; tidewater-chapter@nfbnet.org; tabs@nfbnet.org; pabs@nfbnet.org; ohio-talk@nfbnet.org; oabs@nfbnet.org; nyabs@nfbnet.org; northmetrochapter@nfbnet.org; nmabs@nfbnet.org; njabs-talk@nfbnet.org; nfbwvabs@nfbnet.org; nfbwv-talk@nfbnet.org; nfbwdane@nfbnet.org; nfbwatlk@nfbnet.org; nfbwa-students@nfbnet.org; nfbv-discuss@nfbnet.org; nfbsf@nfbnet.org; nfbsatx@nfbnet.org; nfbok-talk@nfbnet.org; nfbofsc@nfbnet.org; nfbofnc@nfbnet.org; nfbo-linn-benton@nfbnet.org; nfbn-membership@nfbnet.org; nfbc-info@nfbnet.org; nfb_of_georgia@nfbnet.org; nfb-utah@nfbnet.org; nfb-river-city@nfbnet.org; nfb-of-delaware@nfbnet.org; nfb-new-hampshire@nfbnet.org; nfb-kzoo@nfbnet.org; nfb-idaho@nfbnet.org; nfb-hi@nfbnet.org; nfb-greeley@nfbnet.org; nfb-denver@nfbnet.org; nfb-dc@nfbnet.org; nfb-coloradosprings@nfbnet.org; nfb-arkansas@nfbnet.org; new-york-news@nfbnet.org; new-hampshire-students@nfbnet.org; nebraska-students@nfbnet.org; nebraska-senior-blind@nfbnet.org; nd-talk@nfbnet.org; ncabs@nfbnet.org; mn-at-large@nfbnet.org; mn-abs@nfbnet.org; missouri-parents-network@nfbnet.org; mile-high-chapter@nfbnet.org; michigan-at-large@nfbnet.org; mi-abs@nfbnet.org; md-atlarge@nfbnet.org; massabs@nfbnet.org; lansingmi@nfbnet.org; jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org; il-talk@nfbnet.org; iabs-talk@nfbnet.org; grandrapidsmi@nfbnet.org; gopbc@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> marty@blindfoldgames.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Colorado-talk] No more Blindfold Games or Updates<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:42.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://blindfoldgames.org/2017/11/08/no-more-blindfold-games-or-updates/"><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>No more Blindfold Games or Updates</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-bottom:.25in;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666'>I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:.25in;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666'>From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the games generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, and I’ve been building these games for 4 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:.25in;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666'>From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost unusable.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:.25in;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666'>If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to Apple. The accessibility desk is at <a href="mailto:accessibility@apple.com"><span style='color:#026ACB;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>accessibility@apple.com</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>or you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>