This is more of a Pieceable comment/question rather than kickfolio.
One concern I would have would be that apps are now usable outside of the device. If you have a paid app are you opening the door to free usage? Say you have a specialized calculator of some sort. Now anyone can use it for free through a browser.
I realize that there's a cost associated with the number of simultaneous users. Maybe that's the limiting mechanism.
"We will be winding down the Pieceable service at the end of the year so we can focus on the new challenges and opportunities at Facebook. Facebook is not acquiring the company, technology, or customer data. We know many of you have come to rely on the Pieceable service, and we want to make sure that you can continue to do so even after we shut down our hosted service on December 31, 2012. In a few months, we'll be releasing an open source version of Pieceable Viewer that you'll be able to run on your own Mac hardware - we'll have more details on that soon."
We limit the app demos to a 1 minute maximum, then the simulator resets. We figure this is probably enough to prevent people from abusing the free time. Also, if the developer has a data-driven app that could be exploited in under a minute, they don't necessarily need to upload a demo and could just stick with the screenshots to showcase their app. Do you think that's a good solution?
We've been in close touch with the Pieceable guys. We've been talking to them about how we can continue to run with the technology beyond the end of the year and we don't foresee any issues with continuing that integration or providing something similar. Good pick-up!
Sounds good. How about sound? This is particularly important for games. We are on track to publish several games. Without sound the demos would not be appealing at all. For example, there are times when the player would hear a spoken prompt. Without it he/she would not know what to do.
One concern I would have would be that apps are now usable outside of the device. If you have a paid app are you opening the door to free usage? Say you have a specialized calculator of some sort. Now anyone can use it for free through a browser.
I realize that there's a cost associated with the number of simultaneous users. Maybe that's the limiting mechanism.
Also:
https://www.pieceable.com/facebook
"We will be winding down the Pieceable service at the end of the year so we can focus on the new challenges and opportunities at Facebook. Facebook is not acquiring the company, technology, or customer data. We know many of you have come to rely on the Pieceable service, and we want to make sure that you can continue to do so even after we shut down our hosted service on December 31, 2012. In a few months, we'll be releasing an open source version of Pieceable Viewer that you'll be able to run on your own Mac hardware - we'll have more details on that soon."
Which is potentially good news long-term.