I've been working for myself for quite a while, and I even made some apps that were along the same lines at one point and did well off of them. (much better than this)
But I wasn't shoveling them out, I was spending some time on them and making them great.
There are lots of ways of making money, lots of ways to work for yourself, but that doesn't mean they should all be lauded.
There are a dozen broken screen apps in the Android market, I bet there are a dozen for all the apps he's made. I mean this is just spam in the market man.. come on.
I don't like to call another person's work spam unless there is a big reason to do so. As far as I can tell, he's an honest developer trying to get by. FYI, I have what I would call a thriving app business on iPhone/Android, much bigger than the OP. However, I don't think my work makes his work any less meaningful.
If you want to go rag on some spammers, there are plenty of people actually spamming people with their websites and email campaigns. I don't see how a broken screen app is comparable to stealing an email address and sending viagra spam. Or even on the same level as Honestly.com, which tricks users into giving over contact info.
But I wasn't shoveling them out, I was spending some time on them and making them great.
There are lots of ways of making money, lots of ways to work for yourself, but that doesn't mean they should all be lauded.
There are a dozen broken screen apps in the Android market, I bet there are a dozen for all the apps he's made. I mean this is just spam in the market man.. come on.