Developers donating profits to NZ Red Cross

[Xairbusdriver]

<Christchurch Quake Support>

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Until 5 March, 100% of the proceeds of these 39 apps from some of New Zealand's top software developers, and 13 apps from fantastic international developers, will go directly to the New Zealand Red Cross.

[Highmac]

Great idea

Open to correction here, but I interpret "proceeds" as meaning ALL the money you spend on the app, not just the profit.

However, I'm not sure of the usefulness - let alone whether it's good taste - of including a Christchurch traffic webcam app. But maybe I'm being oversensitive.

[Xairbusdriver]

Your definition of "proceeds" may be different than mine, but I think it would be more than "profit." And I assume Apple is not involved in the 'deal,' they're surely keeping their 30%.

I didn't even see a webcam on the page, then I realized you are speaking of the Webcam app. I can only assume that the app had been developed before the earthquake, I think many large cities around the world have them. So, I don't think it was some kind of 'voyeuristic' app offering. At any rate, the link, if it is to an app, is not correct. At least, when I click it, I get something about iFarmer.

iTunes shows several "Multi-cam" apps, even for my area. There's one for Aukland and Christchurch. Not sure it's even worth $0.99, however! It has 2 five-star, 1 four-star, 2 two-star and 11 zero-star votes! Didn't check other "Multi-cam" choices but the low scores may result from fairly high bandwidth needs of the image refreshing.