Yeah, this is the one MEANIGNFUL app I care about. I care nothing for Instagram, or even Facebook or Twitter, as I'm not big on the "social networking" train. I don't care about Angry Birds or Temple Run or those silly games, as I am almost 10 years into my Xbox LIVE account, and THAT is where I do my major gaming. The occasional Skulls of the Shogun, Tiles Path, and Gun Bros. (the 3 games I am playing now) works fine for me, so whining for the popular titles (most of which I think are bad games) is never something you will see me doing.
However, baseball is about the most important thing there is for me, at least when talking about things that could be on a mobile platform. That, and music, which is on mobile devices in a plethora of ways. I totally wanted to get MLB.TV this season, but this has ruined any chance of that. As much as I would LIKE to place blame on someone, I cannot. I could blame Microsoft for not incentivizing app development or not supporting MLB's streaming format (if that claim is true). I could just-as-easily blame MLB for not developing the app when there is certainly a market (especially when it could be ported to Windows 8 and Windows RT, making for a VERY large audience), or I could blame them for having a goofy video streaming format in the first place.
This pretty much goes for every app, though. There is blame to be doled out to both sides. Microsoft hasn't sealed the deal with enough major apps, and developers haven't put in the effort to grow the platform well enough. The companies are dropping the ball (pun not intended) repeatedly with this matter, and the only ones getting hurt are the consumers. I can tell you this: If this app never comes to Windows Phone, MLB will never get my business. Windows Phone can go under, I can go back to Android, and I still won't give them my business.
That's one thing that makes me rather fanatical about this platform: I'll never own an Apple device. I'll never pay for apps on an Android device. I will, however, put my money behind the Windows Phone platform, because it is the only one that I actually ENJOY. Android wasn't fun for me, and I always felt like it was just there. I'm actually interested in the capabilities of my Lumia 920, and it's a great overall device.
Sorry for the rant, but this whole mess has me throwing a little bit of a fit, I guess, and I needed something else to keep me from doing my schoolwork.