Apple’s strict on App Store rules but gives WeChat a free pass (2020)

Post by qwytw » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 9:20 AM UTC

scarface_74 wrote: post #141

kelnos wrote: post #109

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I think Apple was the one who was unreasonable here, not Adobe. I loathe the idea of giving Microsoft credit for anything, but one thing they got right was their focus on backward compatibility. Certainly that has frayed at times here and there, but MS generally doesn't ask their developers to completely rewrite their applications to use a new application framework.

And because of that, even as far back as 2005, there were 10 ways to create a string in C and depending on which Windows API you were using, you had to convert between them constantly. Considering how Microsoft has failed to move past Windows while Apple uses the same OS more or less for watches, phones, tablets, monitors, set top boxes, etc without having to support legacy crap.

Post by scarface_74 » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 9:29 AM UTC

qwytw wrote: post #161

scarface_74 wrote: post #141

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And because of that, even as far back as 2005, there were 10 ways to create a string in C and depending on which Windows API you were using, you had to convert between them constantly. Considering how Microsoft has failed to move past Windows while Apple uses the same OS more or less for watches, phones, tablets, monitors, set top boxes, etc without having to support legacy crap.

> less for watches, phones, tablets, monitors, set top boxes, etc without having to support legacy crap. That's pretty easy when you have no qualms whatsoever about breaking support for software which is older than 2-3 years and offer very limited support for third party software on all of your platforms except one.

Post by Incipient » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 11:09 AM UTC

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What aristocracy? And over half the Chinese economy is state-run.

CCP leadership

Post by em-bee » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 12:25 PM UTC

gehsty wrote: post #162

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it's wechat. you really need it in china. it's practically impossible to stay in touch with most people if you don't have it. a phone that can't run wechat is pretty useless.

The app is obviously incredibly popular, but if it wasn’t back by the Chinese government I imagine apple would have enforced their App Store rules. I imagine some kind of deal along the lines of “no WeChat no iPhone in China” was done.

Post by ChrisRR » Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 2:58 PM UTC

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Much like Adobe did to Macs in the 1990s, WeChat has become so powerful they control the platform. Apple can’t remove WeChat because most consumers would rather change device hardware than lose access to WeChat.

Is it really the power of WeChat or the chinese government though?