Yes, layers make money. But the case isn't about just money, it's about protecting rights and setting precedence.
We unfortunately have a system that requires a large monetary allowance to pursue or defend legal matters. But that doesn't mean you should be discouraged from protecting your rights because of it.
I think he allows a reasonable experience prior to having to log in. I watched his overview video (nice job), played the first level, and started designing a level without having to log in. Requiring account creation to save a level seems fine to me.
I really dig the idea, and probly like many people here came up with it independently years ago (though using a smart phone as the brain never occurred to me). But it kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth and heres why:
A decent sounding fender acoustic or electric will only cost you about $250 brand new. And then you have a real guitar, that will get better and more valuable with age. The GTar is a hunk of plastic that will end up in a landfill and be obsolete in 3 years.
It's tied to the most recent IPhone. Isn't that a huge red flag for other people? Unless the connector is modular, this thing will be useless when the next IPhone comes out.
People aren't going to want to hear you practice on it. Luckily your iphone can't get loud enough to annoy your neighbors, but the small speakers and digital sounds aren't going to be pleasing to your friends.
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That all being said, I think more people should learn to play music and really any attempt to simplify, or encourage the process is a net benefit to society. To me the GTar just doesn't like it would be as fun or rewarding as buying a real guitar.
* AirPreview requires separate purchase of Diet Coda.*
Thats a pretty big bummer considering it's the most compelling feature. Also, I know panic is a mac only shop, but platform locked desktop apps seem a bit unsavory these days. Especially applications for developers.
With the amount of risqué pictures teens are sending each-other these days, I bet this becomes the worlds largest kiddie porn database.
Oh, law enforcement. Gonna be a lot of pervy police officers getting exactly what they want. Not dissimilar to the airport Body-Scanner pictures that TSA agents were caught taking home.
It's not good for either, but if this was an attempt at open source 'out reach' then they're kind of failing at delivering by not taking pull requests. That leaves it being a weak attempt at PR/recruitment.
Thank you for your cynicism, it's super productive. Let's not discuss or try to improve upon the idea. Let's just tell him why we think he's wrong.
/rant
Continuing with OP's thought. Making the legislator who introduces the bill commit the bill would be an awesome piece of information and might make some legislators think twice about what they introduce and how they title it. And all the statistics that could be run on a repo of laws would be a ridiculously useful resource.
We unfortunately have a system that requires a large monetary allowance to pursue or defend legal matters. But that doesn't mean you should be discouraged from protecting your rights because of it.