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I'm very glad you didn't decide to go the Mac App Store route -- as sad as it sounds, MAS has incredible friction compared to an old fashioned zip

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Our hands were tied. Installing 3rd party code, using the ~/.pow/ directory, and running on port 80 are all things that are frowned-upon. So it's easier to make it free!

I'm curious as to whether you can submit an app to the MAS which integrates with non-MAS apps? Any idea whether Apple allows that?

e.g. so you could offload any frowned-upon functionality into external apps/services, and maybe promote or offer automated download & install functionality within your own app...

> 2.16 Apps that download or install additional code or resources to add functionality or change their primary purpose will be rejected

I've wondered how certain programs get around these restrictions. I use Boom[1] on my ridiculously quiet laptop. The program you download from MAS is more or less a shell. It guides you to download and install the actual sound drivers that do all the work.

[1]: http://www.globaldelight.com/boom/

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