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No one else seems to be bothered that the Mobicard App was pulled from the App Store, but its a big deal to me. It means that they are effectively out of business, and that they have a huge climb back to credibility once the app is again available.
At any rate, I'm out and don't plan to comment again. I appreciate Cody's dogged optimism and wish you all the best of luck.
When Apple puts you out of business, it's a top-priority, all-hands-on-deck, five-alarm-fire and no one should be remotely patient about it - and especially not the CEO. This issue also impacts long term success. Enterprises ask about and look at downtime, and do not become clients if the history is ugly.
Does anyone have any real insight into anything at Mobicard?
One cannot overstate the loss of crediblity to potentail customers and investors from Mobicard having its app pulled from the app store. It needs to be resoved today.
I wonder why Apple pulled the app, and when Mobicard will be able to get it back in the App Store? They are dead in the water until they do.
I can't find the Mobicard app in Apple's App store. For me it says that the app is not available in your region.
The mobicard website is working again.
I just tried to open the app (iOS) and it would not load. I deleted and reinstalled it, but it still would not work. It showed a loading screen until I gave up.
I also visited the website and it's not working either. I get a "502 bad gateway" error.
Getting financials done is irrelevant without a working product, customers, and revenue.
Mobicard's website has been down for a while. It appears that they let their SSL(i.e. security) certificate expire.
Newswire does PR distribution. Customers don't really see press releases, so I don't think that signing up for a multi-release discount qualifies as an agressive marketing campaign. A social media campaign might be reason to celebrate, but the only people being marketed to with press relsease are investors.
Now that it is past beta, is everyone paying for their card? If so, how much?
From the website, it is not clear if a card is $50 one time, $50 per year, or $50 per month.
Are these cards beginning to generate revenue?
Submit is as a bug.
No sane company ends a beta test by cutting off services. What's wrong with a smooth upgrade like any other company would do? It's even crazier not to let the most loyal customers know what's next.
The platform is either broken, or this is the stupidest marketing strategy ever.
To those who had their accounts "wiped", is it part of a plan or a bug to be reported for the beta?
If it is part of a plan, then there should have been comunications about signing up for the live platfrom, or an announced schedule for such. Of course, I have never heard of a company scrubbing account data and making people sign up again. It seems like the worst possible marketing strategy to wipe away people's stored data and their shared cards.
It's not true to say that testing through Testflight would have slowed app approval. I have published several apps to the app store and to Testflight. An app subbmitted to the app store for approval can also be in Testflight getting user feedback so that updates can be pushed live immediately after approval.
I am just saying that Mobicard missed an opportunity to accelerate their product rollout by not actively collecting user feedback over the past several months.
PatriotsVI is right that testing a live apps is the right way to go, but beta has a specific meaning regarding an Apple app. Apple's Testflight is how iOS apps are tested and it is not just for a dozen or so testers. I am a beta tester for Google Chrome on Testflight and I am sure I am not one of a only a handful testers.
The reality is that:
If Mobicard had told Apple that this was a beta app, it would not have been approved for the App store.
If Mobicard had simply wanted every one on their signup list to beta test their app, this could have happened 6 months ago without any app approval process, and we would be done with the testing and hopefully well into revenue.
Apple does not allow beta apps in the apps store. They require final products. They have a place for beta apps called Testflight, so I am pretty sure these apps were represented as finished.
The way it will likely work is that Mobicard will simply have an App update that adds anything they find during thier "beta" program. "Replacing" the app woudl require a complete trip through the app approval process.
It's still down the road a bit but it looks like Google is preparing to enter the digital business card market. https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/08/11/google-digital-business-card-search/
The key takeaway is that they are correcting issues in the iOS app and hope to re-submit it to Apple for approval in the Fall. Hopefully it will fly through the app approval process then.
No word on any planned updates to the Android App.
No financials is a problem. Not being in the App store is a problem (especially since Apple is not and has not been slowing app approvials). But, the biggest problem is the product itself. There is an Android app and it sucks. It's ugly and buggy, which is probably the issue with Apple, since they do not approve buggy apps. Who has tried it? Would you use it? The answer to that question willl tell you whether this company can succeed or not.
The likelihood that the Polish Mobicard app infringes on either the Mobicard trademark or patent are near to zero.
Josh says:
"Apple has stated that they are not processing any apps that are not coronavirus related,"
What is really happening is the opposite.
"Apple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren’t from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers told CNBC."
So, Apple is trying to stop scam developers that want to take advantage of the virus by intruducing apps such as testing apps that do not actually work. Thus they are cracking down on medical testing and tracking coronavirus apps.
Apple is processing non-coronavirus apps normally.
There is no such thing as a HARD AUDIT. Apple never goes through the lines of code of an app. Apps are compiled code and Apple does not even have access to the lines of code. People at apple get involved when an an app does not work or when it does not meet their guidelines. They reject the app, give you a reason why, and then you correct the issue and resubmit. Fixing the problems are what can take a long time.
That website is speaking about financials, and has nothing to do with Apple's app approval process.
I have submitted multiple apps that have been approved. It's automate and it's fast, as long as the submitted app works and follow's Apple's rules.
Apple’s approval process is automated unless problems are flagged. It commonly takes a day. If you look at the app developer message boards, there is no discussion of current delays.
Also, there is no app developer on earth that is not aware of Apple’s policy to take 30% of in-app purchases. Having a dev shop that submits an app with this issue is about like hiring a football coach who is not aware that you can only have 11 men on the field at a time.
My non-legal opinion is that:
-Mobicard does have a trademark and "Mobicards" is likely in violation of that trademark
-it is very unlikely that the "mobicards" product is infringing on the Mobicard patent because there are so many steps in Mobicard's method patent that are not requried to deliver digital business card functionality.
-I will repeat that I do not see Mobicards as a Mobicard competitor because they do not appear to be scalable
-but on the other hand, they do appear to be a progressive web app as opposed to a native app, which I do believe is a superior solution.
Re: Mobicards vs. Mobicard. I looked at "Mobicards" product and do not think they are a scam, but I also do not think they are a risk to Mobicard because it is not a DIY product and thus will not scale. I do think they are likely in violation of the Mobicard trademark.
Here is a video from what appears to be a competitor marketing Mobicards.
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