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iSpyCams · 09-10-2014, 08:48 AM

Hey. Been struggling with a cam startup for a couple years now. The income is there but the technology is a huge headache.

The biggest issue is that mobile has pretty much taken over. Mobile does not support Flash, Flash is central to about all the low to mid cost cam platforms out there, in fact I am not aware of any that can stream in HTML5 or Java or whatever would allow the iphone and android crowd to use the site.

Most surfers these days are on mobile exclusively and if your site doesn't work for mobile they just assume it doesn't work at all and move on.

It would be (relatively) simple to make an app for mobile but app stores aren't going to host it so pointless.

I have some limited mobile functionality hacked together for mine, which so far has cost me over 20k in development and is far from complete. But it basically works. As soon as either Adobe starts streaming to java or html 5, or gets mobile platforms to run it's plugin, or a low to mid cost solution becomes available that streams in HTML 5 or some mobile friendly format, then all that money will be wasted and I'll have to switch to that.

Anyway hit me up if you want to talk more, my username here on Yahoo or split it into 2 words and you got my skype. Most folks around here will hear you are setting up a camsite and want you to sell theirs instead, or somehow persuade you to help build their business instead of yours. I am about where your merchant will be in 3 years if he's lucky, and happy to help.

09-10-2014, 08:48 AM
iSpyCams Amateur Gynecologist Industry Role: Join Date: May 2009 Location: Medellin Posts: 4,436	Hey. Been struggling with a cam startup for a couple years now. The income is there but the technology is a huge headache. The biggest issue is that mobile has pretty much taken over. Mobile does not support Flash, Flash is central to about all the low to mid cost cam platforms out there, in fact I am not aware of any that can stream in HTML5 or Java or whatever would allow the iphone and android crowd to use the site. Most surfers these days are on mobile exclusively and if your site doesn't work for mobile they just assume it doesn't work at all and move on. It would be (relatively) simple to make an app for mobile but app stores aren't going to host it so pointless. I have some limited mobile functionality hacked together for mine, which so far has cost me over 20k in development and is far from complete. But it basically works. As soon as either Adobe starts streaming to java or html 5, or gets mobile platforms to run it's plugin, or a low to mid cost solution becomes available that streams in HTML 5 or some mobile friendly format, then all that money will be wasted and I'll have to switch to that. Anyway hit me up if you want to talk more, my username here on Yahoo or split it into 2 words and you got my skype. Most folks around here will hear you are setting up a camsite and want you to sell theirs instead, or somehow persuade you to help build their business instead of yours. I am about where your merchant will be in 3 years if he's lucky, and happy to help. __________________ - As soon as I think up a good sig it's going here.