As an app developer, I'd love to not write custom code for each photo sharing service. This seems to require using the chute hosted platform, though. Can the library be used without the service?
I think the primary challenge with a pure native code solution is that each library works a slightly different way and not all will make it possible to trap the callback directly.
As these APIs change and evolve, we'll be constantly monitoring them and adjusting server side - as opposed to having to change your mobile client code.
Looking forward, we're also planning to do a lot to help speed up this process and enhance it with other features and services.
Really love the idea though, hope we get to see a purely device based version of this at some point (by chute or somebody else).
To your second point, I should probably clarify. If anyone begins by using Photo Picker+ we will grandfather them in and never charge for that use of the API. In the future there may be other paid components or features of the API that a developer may choose to add, but that will have no bearing on your use of PP+. Thanks a lot.