Just because this one particular app may end up actually get released, doesn’t mean it will be continually supported. There’s a real trend within a certain segment of developers (I won’t throw in that asinine name they brand themselves with), of them joining up – and then it all falling apart within 6 months. Leaving people who bought their app with promises of upcoming features and future support, hanging in the lurch. They then play musical chairs with eachother, and repeat.

This is a legitimate app (I’ve used it) that you are free to offer an opinion on, but Phill’s previous endeavors or actions really have nothing to do with this…at all.

His MyDreamApp never produced a single product despite taking a lot of time and energy from a lot of people, and when the criticism got too hot, the forums were suspiciously shut down with an error message that never went away.

According to the developer of YummySoup, Ryu has acted in clearly deceptive if not unethical ways in business dealings: http://bit.ly/1usi6K.

Undoubtedly, he has the ability to produce gorgeous websites that generate tons of buzz and he has made a ton of money based on that, but come on, $3 bucks for an app to read public domain works, just because it’s pretty (which it undoubtedly is). I guess the App Store has made plenty of people plenty of money with pretty pathetic software, but I for one will do my best to not add another penny to Phill’s pot.

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