One of the monetization ideas that stands out to me is trying convert app users into email subscribers. Permission based marketing is insanely more effective than any form of display ads, and to the author's point if you aren't being a schmucky spammer it would be a great way for Indie Developers to build a trusted brand and make a splash in the app store every time they released a new game.<p>I personally would have downloaded all of Dong Nguyen's other apps had I received an email about them. Although I think the only way he could have experienced more online vitriol is if he started spamming users with dating apps...<p>Edit: out of all of the games I have downloaded I have never once given out my email address or even been asked for it via the app. Is anyone doing this now?
Sorry everybody for the slow, unresponsive and sometimes broken site. I initially didn't think that one of my posts would gain a lot of popularity. I'll work on shifting the site to a dedicated server soon (oh boy, what was I thinking?).<p>Thanks to @warrenmiller for posting the cached version here!