“f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
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Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#2A platform as closed as iOS is a devil's bargain. You get cleanliness, ease of use, simplicity, and in many ways improved security. But in exchange you give up freedom, control of your own property, and ultimately the potential for any innovation beyond the imagination or agenda of the platform's benevolent dictators.
The same, I think, is true for closed proprietary cloud platforms like those offered by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. They're the enterprise version of iOS, and the trade is very much the same: do things our way and get a clean experience, but give up the opportunity to ever leave or to ever do anything in any way other than ours.
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#3A platform as closed as iOS is a devil's bargain. You get cleanliness, ease of use, simplicity, and in many ways improved security. But in exchange you give up freedom, control of your own property, and ultimately the potential for any innovation beyond the imagination or agenda of the platform's benevolent dictators. The same, I think, is true for closed proprietary cloud platforms like those offered by Amazon, Micr…
the web is also similar, you are locked into a restrictive api that vendors choose to support (or not...)
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#4If you want to do something about this, the f.lux team has asked supporters on facebook to sign this petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/allow-flux-on-ios
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#5If they'd open source it, users would be able to compile for their own devices just fine. There are fully open alternatives that Apple doesn't mind, like https://github.com/anthonya1999/GoodNight
I know where they're coming from, but all this wolf crying is getting annoying. I wouldn't mind if they came clear and said "we can't open source f.lux because we want to pressure Apple into letting us monetize it someday."
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#6Seems you haven't understood the Apple world. You get fancy designs. You loose your freedom to install what you want. They decide, not you. That's the deal. Live with it or don't buy their products. (I choose the latter.)
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#7A platform as closed as iOS is a devil's bargain. You get cleanliness, ease of use, simplicity, and in many ways improved security. But in exchange you give up freedom, control of your own property, and ultimately the potential for any innovation beyond the imagination or agenda of the platform's benevolent dictators. The same, I think, is true for closed proprietary cloud platforms like those offered by Amazon, Micr…
the web is also similar, you are locked into a restrictive api that vendors choose to support (or not...)
if a web problem is worth solving we can build a new browser which solves it, which is what google did vs microsoft. That is simply not allowed on apple hardware.
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
the web is also similar, you are locked into a restrictive api that vendors choose to support (or not...)
if a web problem is worth solving we can build a new browser which solves it, which is what google did vs microsoft. That is simply not allowed on apple hardware.
you could also build a new cellphone, the point is the barriers are extraordinarily high.
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#9Is there a quick explanation of why the f.lux can't simply be put into the App Store just like any other? Why did they have to try the "side-loading" method at all?
Re: “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
#10A platform as closed as iOS is a devil's bargain. You get cleanliness, ease of use, simplicity, and in many ways improved security. But in exchange you give up freedom, control of your own property, and ultimately the potential for any innovation beyond the imagination or agenda of the platform's benevolent dictators. The same, I think, is true for closed proprietary cloud platforms like those offered by Amazon, Micr…
How is that a 'devil's bargain'? Just seems like an everyday deal to me.