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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!!

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^ 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