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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Mobile phone platforms are reverting back to the pre-iOS/Android reality where you have to jump through tons of hoops to even make an app let alone run a viable business with it.

>>zappb+Nt
I don't recall having to send government ID to any companies to publish MIDlets back in the day. I just uploaded them to getjar.

>>IshKeb+vx
AFAIK in some countries (US?) phones were usually sold locked in a sense that you could only install J2ME midlets published by your mobile provider, who'd nickel and dime both users and devs for the privilege.

>>int_19+PW
It feels like US companies have long given up the pursuit of new innovations, and are now innovating new and creative ways to rent seek their own customers.