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Great news. The FT mobile app is really well put together. The whole reason why they created it to begin with was to get around Apple's percentage cut of subscription revenue from apps on the App Store.
The FT site is a true example that non-native apps can still be excellent.
Not a total newbie, studied engineering, been programming little projects for years and had a few side jobs while in school doing mostly simple stuff. Will hit you up, curious what you have though, and always looking to make new connections.
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