Apple Doesn't Owe You Anything.
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Apple Doesn't Owe You Anything.
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#2I also don't owe Apple anything. For instance, respect and understanding.
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#3I also don't owe Apple anything. For instance, respect and understanding.
Thats true-you don't have to respect or understand their point of view. If you don't respect or want to understand their reasons for the decisions they're making, perhaps you shouldn't be developing apps for the platform. And if you're not developing apps for the platform then you have no grounds on which to bitch and moan.
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#4I also don't owe Apple anything. For instance, respect and understanding.
Thats true-you don't have to respect or understand their point of view. If you don't respect or want to understand their reasons for the decisions they're making, perhaps you shouldn't be developing apps for the platform. And if you're not developing apps for the platform then you have no grounds on which to bitch and moan.
> And if you're not developing apps for the platform then you have no grounds on which to bitch and moan.
Except in the case when Apple has a monopoly that holds back other mobile platforms for which you would like to develop for.
This is not the case, not yet, but some can see it coming, although for obvious reasons I don't think it will ever be a monopoly.
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#5Deja vu,
iPhone and iPad will eventually be dominated by cheaper and more open commodities and they can keep their "we don't owe anyone anything" mentality
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#6Hmm, I didn't see exactly how the article fit the headline, except that he thinks we should stop crying fowl about Apple telling us how to do our jobs.
BULL!!
Apple has been using "Apps" to sell its super successful phone. Without its developers and robust App store, the iPhone would hardly be in second place IMO.
Apple OWES US EVERYTHING!
I don't own an iPhone because I like the shitty keyboard or because of AT&T and its limited 3G service. I own one because their app store rocks. That's it really.
So, Apple should be jumping through hoops to help their developers. Sure devs make money, but that's part of the give and take.
We scratch your back, you scratch ours.
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#7This rampant stockholm syndrome is just plain annoying.
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#8I also don't owe Apple anything. For instance, respect and understanding.
Thats true-you don't have to respect or understand their point of view. If you don't respect or want to understand their reasons for the decisions they're making, perhaps you shouldn't be developing apps for the platform. And if you're not developing apps for the platform then you have no grounds on which to bitch and moan.
I have no grounds to voice my opinions and advocate for the world I wish to live in. Thanks for setting me straight a2tech!
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#9I also don't owe Apple anything. For instance, respect and understanding.
It's the lack of understanding that's the problem.
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#10How about this? Apple only owes me what I paid them for. Apple can do whatever it wants with its device otherwise. It can set any rules it wants for its app store. It can build phones and tablets so that only signed code will run on them. I have no problem with any of that...
..so long as _I_ can do whatever I want with _my_ device. I want to setup a business around breaking phones out of Apple's jail? No problem. I want to create an app store to compete directly with Apple's own? No problem. I want to sell apps directly to users through my website? No problem.
The app store is Apple's service, so they can do whatever they want with it. If they want to lock out competing app stores through software, that's fine. I have a problem with the laws that make circumventing those software locks a crime. Jailbreaking is legally questionable; developing for jailbroken phones is risky, so very few people get in on it. Without those foolish laws, I'm sure we'd have a number of alternatives to Apple's app store, and this whole thing would be a non-issue.