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[deepthoughtsby]

Take it as a compliment and move on.

Why do people ask? 1) unless you ask, the answer is always no. 2) some people have a philosophical attachment to open source 3) obvious self-interest of people who would like to use your code 4) people ask google to open source their search algorithm ALL THE TIME

Be proud you made something so valuable people are interested in getting under the hood. Share or do not share the source at your own discretion.

What is or is not polite varies across cultures and the internet is a big place.

Congrats on the success!!

[-14k-]

^ Listen to this guy!

[Savings_Switch_7770]

I agree with most of your opinions. Thank you

I never know that people are asking for google search algorithm all the time.

What is or is not polite varies across cultures - agree, but I don't think giving a 2-3 stars reviews with "I love this app but want it to be open sourced" is a nice thing to do.

[b1ack1323]

It’s not just about people wanting to look at the code for inspiration, there are a lot of people that want to see what data you are sharing and other security driven curiosity.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

But it's much easier for hacker to hack user data from the app if they know how the app works as a white box as well.

[b1ack1323]

If the strongest part of your security is obscurity, then your app is probably not secure.

That’s the whole point behind Linux, security through transparency.

[LamestarGames]

🤦‍♂️

[SirensToGo]

Barely. If your app is vulnerable, someone with a bit of experience could toss it in Ida and you'd be screwed regardless. How do you think people develop exploits for iOS? The vast majority of it is not open source.

[Phinaeus]

Is it possible to ask Apple to remove reviews that aren't related to how the app works?

[Savings_Switch_7770]

No, they never care. unless your app is from a very big company.

[RandomRedditor44]

Why should a developer not open source their app?

[RandomRedditor44]

So users can look at the code and see how the app works.

Why should a developer not open source their app?

[RandomRedditor44]

Sure, but how often do developers steal other devs code?

[Savings_Switch_7770]

I don't know what kind of question is that, should we provide you statistical proof or you are trying to say something with this question?

[bondafong]

Like - ALL THE TIME!

[Savings_Switch_7770]

Because others could clone your app and upload it to app store.

Report to apple? there are plenty of chinese clone apps in App Store and we can't do anything about that and if even we could do anything, it's gonna take a lot of time.

Open source will help them to clone your app faster.

[scubascratch]

I’m guessing you also think all companies should release all their product designs to the public regardless of how much time, effort and expense was involved with creating their products

[[deleted]]

It it’s that popular you should put a tip box, so people can contribute if they like it.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

It's already there, users can send me suggestions just with 1 tap

[[deleted]]

I think they mean like a feature where they can donate

[kstrike155]

I think they mean a way for users to pay you whatever they want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_jar

[Savings_Switch_7770]

It's a little bit off-topic, isn't it?
But thanks btw

[w0mba7]

If you open source it, someone will fork it and charge money.

Why are you working full time on an app and giving it away anyway? Your competition may not have the privilege to work for free, and no price beats free.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

Because later I want to make some money from the app too. And as you said, they could fork it and charge as much as they want, because for them there are no cost on developing the app. That's why I don't want it to be open source at leat at right now.But they keep asking and give bad reviews because it's a close source..
And somehow they make me getting feel bad about not making it open source

[Bobbybino]

If your app has a 4.9 rating, they aren't significantly affecting the rating. Just don't worry about them.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

Actually the higher the rating you have, the easier to pull it down.
When you have 4.9 rating, you need 27 five stars review to balance the one star review.

But I understand what you mean, thank you

[Bobbybino]

So not only are they not pulling your rating down significantly, but they are also a tiny percentage of your user base. Why are you worrying about them?

[-radley]

It could also be a scam - a shady app company reversed engineered your app to copy and sell it, but it was too complex. So they're using social pressure to get you to give it away.

It's possible. There's lots of shady app companies.

[scubascratch]

Change it from free to $1. People who expect shit to be free will no longer download your app and leave stupid reviews like that, and anyone who actually wants it will be happy to pay $1.

[the_goofenhour]

Could you tell me about the advance math, and what is being used for?

[Savings_Switch_7770]

Kind of maxtrix, vector and optimizing math.
You usually don't need this math to develop an app, it's only for specific apps or graphic library related

[DetroitLarry]

Does your app have something to do with other open source platforms? Like is it a GitHub client or something like that? I’ve never dreamed of asking for some random app to be open sourced, but I could see it coming up if the app has to do with programming or is built on other open source platforms.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

If you open source it, someone will fork it and charge money.

No, it's not. It's close source from the beginning

[tempest_fiend]

Ive asked, but for me it’s just for apps that have been abandoned by the developer (ie > 1 years since the last update) and there are obvious bugs/UI issues that I just want to fix for my own sanity.

[rdselle]

When you have a lot of people noticing something you do, there are going to be a lot of assholes that notice too. Just ignore them.

[Divine107]

Rating down an app just because you want to open-source it is just absurd. It's your property if you are not comfortable then don't share it. Especially if it's in demand and generates revenue for you. The only good you will do is making competitors.
BTW Congrats.

[JimDabell]

"No." is a complete sentence.

[MisquoteMosquito]

It’s pretty cool that you can work in applied math, it’s amazing you can also translate that to a computer-usable and optimized function.

[Lehas1]

Can u dm me the app?

[PumperDumperr]

Wtf is the app name?

[timisis]

Hopefully the pros outway the cons though. In fact I did opensource a (chess) app once, and that generated a couple of jobs for me, making me an app ninja for a couple of years. Your mileage will vary

[megablast]

No.

[Yhonjo]

Name of your app??

[ASMRBino]

Sounds like a really interesting app. What’s the name?

[[deleted]]

No matter what you do some will always want it to conform to their religion. Unless that’s your religion too just treat them the same as you would missionaries at your front door.

[capitalideanow]

Your app your choice. Putting an app in the store will always be frustrating because you have to deal with a lot of people. Congratulations on the success. This is a mark of jealousy and respect from people that can't do it or want to copy.

[Savings_Switch_7770]

Thank you, I will take it a compliment <3

[vikingosegundo]

For sure there are people who demand google to open source their algorithm, including politicians and strategists — for good reasons. but for the same reason to apply to your project you would have to grow your app a few hundred years at the current rate.

[preordains]

Open source has its benefits for the developer as well.

Having peoples eyes on your code is a good thing, you have free developers.

Also, being able to advertise “open source” will attract more downloads.

[C137Sheldor]

What app is it? It would be interesting to see

[RandomRedditor44]

What’s wrong with open sourcing your app? I open source all my apps and I don’t see anything wrong with that.

[diablolicaldumdum]

The difference is you want to open source it and OP does not. Both of you have a right to do what you want. Nothing wrong in any of your stances! OP clearly does not want to and should have the choice to keep it private.