[NFBF-Tampa] Fwd: [Fabs] No more Blindfold Games or Updates

[Miranda Kilby]

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Miranda b. Kilby
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> From: marty--- via FABS <fabs at nfbnet.org>
> Date: November 8, 2017 at 6:16:08 PM EST
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> Cc: marty at blindfoldgames.org
> Subject: [Fabs] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
> Reply-To: Florida Association of Blind Students <fabs at nfbnet.org>
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> No more Blindfold Games or Updates
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> 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.
> 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.
> From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost unusable.
> If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to Apple.  The accessibility desk is at accessibility at apple.com or you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE.  Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games.
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