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Apple has a trillion-dollar ecosystem. Yet put 20’devs in a group chat, and a little marketing experience from the Twitter trenches. Two weeks later, hundreds of developers who didn’t even know each other existed have connected. And now Apple’s starting to respond. Developers, check your inboxes today. You might finally be getting the answers you deserve. What a timeline. 🍐

NOVA’s interactive charts, wallet profiles, and visualizations are now supported on ChatGPT web, Codex, and mobile. Mobile visualizations can still be inconsistent, but hoping this gets resolved in the upcoming mobile GPT updates. This is a whole new way to explore Solana. Expect a few rough edges as we keep building. Appreciate everyones patience! ❤️

The past two weeks have reminded me that innovation knows no boundaries. Great products are built to last, and no setback can erase the work behind them. Our story won't be defined by the obstacles we've faced, but by the quality of what we continue to build. Thank you @OpenAI for giving independent developers like us a new way to reach users, at no cost, without the traditional barriers of app distribution. Today, you can use @novawallets directly inside ChatGPT 👇 xitter.gq/novawallets/status/211…

Let this be our declaration of war against the monopolization of software distribution. We know you’re reading this, @Apple, @tim_cook, @cue, @johnternus You may have the power to terminate our accounts, remove our work, and close the doors we spent years trying to open. But you do not have the power to silence the generation that built its future on your platforms. We are not asking you to guarantee our success. We are demanding the freedom to pursue it. You can control your App Store. You cannot claim ownership over our ambition, our creativity, or our right to build. We told you this would only get louder. We intend to keep that promise.

Apple can reinstate my developer account today, tomorrow, or next week. It won’t change a thing. I won’t go silent just because I got my account back like most of the developers that went public & and pretend nothing happened after getting it back. I’m done building my future around the possibility that an automated decision could erase years of work overnight, with no meaningful way to challenge it. And im not waiting for apples automated ticket to catch up. 1. I’ll be distributing nova via Website download & practicing my rights to distribute freely as a developer via download via website link. 2. I’m going to build an alternative to the App Store. And when independent native app distribution becomes available globally, I intend to be there competing. But to build something with genuine purpose. A marketplace where developers are treated as partners, consumers have real choices, and great products earn their place through merit. We spent over a year building Nova, won two industry awards, and earned our users’ trust. That reputation wasn’t handed to us by Apple. We earned it. Apple can keep its App Store, its standards, and its rules and its awful catalog of dull “MRR” apps. I have no interest in taking that away. I want to prove that you can build a successful marketplace by empowering developers instead of making them dependent on you. This stopped being about one developer account a long time ago. It’s about making sure the next generation of builders has a choice we never had. @Apple @AppStore you guys have not only pissed off your developers, but you pissed off the crypto community for removing nova. The power of these communities is like no other. 2027 will be profound year.

Everything is starting to add up now on why so many developers have reportedly been wrongfully terminated. Phil Schiller reportedly stepped back from running the App Store partly over concerns that Apple’s push for more revenue could deepen conflicts with developers. He raised those concerns, stepped back, and soon after, developers began reporting sudden account terminations and lost livelihoods. Coincidence? @Apple @cue @tim_cook @carsonoliver, developers helped build this ecosystem, yet our ability to reach users still depends heavily on your control over app distribution. If your goal is to boost App Store revenue, compete fairly instead of making developers dependent on your store. Let developers distribute outside the App Store. Competition could make your store better without forcing everyone to rely on it. Internal leadership decisions shouldn't determine whether developers can support themselves and their families. The iPhone remains successful because of the apps developers build and people open every day. Even as you're reading this, you're using an app originally built by fellow developer @jack, once called Twitter. Apple, your leadership needs to recognize that and sit down with the next generation of developers. We deserve a seat at the table to discuss the future of an ecosystem we helped build. Speak to us, not just delete us. We carry more weight than you think. And this conversation is only going to get louder.

Hey John, the iPhone Duo is a beautiful piece of hardware. Matter of a fact, we spent months making sure our app felt right at home on it, only to lose our ability to distribute it. I hope Apple gives the App Store and developer rights the same attention it gives its hardware. The next chapter of the iPhone isn’t just about what Apple builds. It’s about what Apple allows others to build. As the AppStore has not scaled or changed since Jobs started it. Treat developers as partners, and the entire ecosystem wins. - from all the developers who wrongfully lost their right to distribute & build for the ecosystem they love.

A phone that folds like a passport. A wallet that opens like an actual wallet. kinda feels like these two were made for each other. and lowkey, I think we nailed the Duo experience. wallets on one side, live charts on the other. swap, switch wallets, trade, all without losing sight of the chart. @AppStore to bring @novawallets back so everyone can experience it.

Apple called me about Nova’s termination. The woman on the other end sounded distressed to me. I got off the call feeling for her. She wasn’t the person who made the decision, but she was the one who had to deliver the news. For a developer, termination can mean losing years of work, a business, and the income their family depends on overnight. People can become desperate and furious. The employee making that call can end up facing all that pain and backlash over a decision they didn’t make. That’s why I’m keeping her name private. She deserves privacy and respect. My frustration is with the specific people in App Store leadership responsible for these termination decisions. Those leaders should be willing to make these calls themselves. Talk to the human beings behind the accounts you choose to delete. Explain why. Hear what that decision means for them and their families. Developers deserve to be heard by someone with the authority to do something about it. Great leaders lead from the front. They stand behind their decisions and face the people affected by them. If you can make the decision to delete someone's life, you should be the one to make the call.

Agreed. We built @novawallets to support the iPhone Duo because we believe in @Apple technology and wanted to contribute to its success. Instead, our developer account was terminated, alongside hundreds of others. Developers help make the iPhone worth buying. Imagine how much stronger Apple’s ecosystem could be if it treated us as partners rather than disposable accounts.

I believe @Apple will make meaningful changes. Developers have faced these issues for years. But AI has opened the door to an entirely new generation of builders, making the developer community bigger and louder than ever. After a decade in this industry, I believe we’re approaching a turning point very soon.

I think this is the time. xitter.gq/wyyfi/status/211199138…

And this is exactly why alternative app distribution matters. Apple argues that controlling distribution protects users. Yet a counterfeit Ledger Live app reportedly made it through Apple's own Mac App Store, costing victims $9 million back in April. Meanwhile, legitimate developers can lose their entire businesses overnight with little explanation. The point isn't to eliminate Apple's security standards. It's to make those protections work regardless of where an app comes from. A secure operating system shouldn't require a monopoly on distribution.

We were building for the iPhone Duo. Then @Apple @AppStore wrongfully terminated our developer account, removed our apps, and left our questions unanswered. Apple’s biggest mistake is treating small developers as disposable, the same developers who made the iPhone worth buying.

You guys are all fucked sorry to say it. Weather or not you abide by apples rules and guidelines one day you’ll be deleted. Even now developers are not going to be sleeping at night due to paranoia of being removed. I would advocate for web distribution if I were any of you. Another means to distribute native apps without Apple

Developers terminated by @Apple @AppStore without warning or explanation: We’re organizing a group chat of affected developers to launch a major public campaign. Reply to this tweet to be added in that group. Behind every terminated account is a business, a livelihood, and real people whose lives have been disrupted. It’s time our stories are heard.

Remember Mercy, the movie where an AI judge decides whether you’re guilty, and you’re left fighting to prove your innocence? That’s essentially what Apple’s App Store developer termination process feels like. An algorithm flags an anomaly. Apple terminates your developer account, potentially destroying years of work and an entire business or even a family. But here’s the disturbing part. You’re not necessarily told exactly what you did wrong. Instead, you’re given broad allegations and expected to figure out which one applies to you. You’re effectively asked to reverse-engineer an algorithm’s suspicion to defend yourself against an accusation you can’t fully examine. Think about that. The system makes the accusation, controls the evidence, and decides your appeal. And unlike the movie, there’s no courtroom. No independent judge. Just Apple reviewing Apple’s decision. This is how developers are treated by @Apple