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Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by wyattjoh »

malermeister wrote: post #14
riversflow wrote: post #11

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Nobody's complaining about not having the apple distribution. They're complaining about the scareware popups, designed to hurt businesses that don't pay Apple protection money.

The allure of the Apple ecosystem is the whole "it just works". I would absolutely want to be warned (and have less technically minded family members warned) when they are being sent to some third-party payment system when they're used to the guaranteed safe environment that Apple provides.

Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by alexdns »

riversflow wrote: post #11

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Do you work at apple because your take is ridiculous. Developers are angry because apple is doing its best to prevent the EU to shut their monopoly for good by introducing stupid stuff that have no place being there.

> (guarding them from software piracy and creating a trustworthy app market that generates real value, unlike Android/Google Play)

you never heard of cydia or what ?

Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by riversflow »

malermeister wrote: post #14
riversflow wrote: post #11

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Nobody's complaining about not having the apple distribution. They're complaining about the scareware popups, designed to hurt businesses that don't pay Apple protection money.

But not paying with Apple is a risk. Handing out your payment info to any random website isn't the same risk profile as paying with my Apple account. The popups are fair given that this is a new interaction for users. As someone who has for over a decade given/recommended Mac/iPhones to tech illiterate people, I would be appalled if they didn't do this.

Developers forget that users also have a relationship with Apple.

Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by awestroke »

danpalmer wrote: post #16
judiisis wrote: post #4

They remove pwas in latest ios beta(only in the EU) they are evil

I'm as disappointed in the new rules as anyone, but I'm going to call this one as most likely just a missing implementation rather than malicious. The new Browser Engine Kit that allows alternative browsers to be installed is really a very deep integration. It's not just swapping out the browser and engine that users open as an app, it's swapping out all system integrations – webviews embedded in apps (in certain typ…

Yeah it was too much work to support PWAs in the EU for this beta. But they managed to have time to implement it for the rest of the world

Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by riversflow »

alexdns wrote: post #23
riversflow wrote: post #11

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Do you work at apple because your take is ridiculous. Developers are angry because apple is doing its best to prevent the EU to shut their monopoly for good by introducing stupid stuff that have no place being there. > (guarding them from software piracy and creating a trustworthy app market that generates real value, unlike Android/Google Play) you never heard of cydia or what ?

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Re: Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules

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Post by shreyansh_k »

riversflow wrote: post #11

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Great to see that someone is being sane.

The "monopoly" arguments never made sense to me. I think, for the people who purchase phones, it's not like Apple put a gun to their head and forced them buy iDevice(s). They had complete freedom to choose between investing into alternative platforms.

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