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Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API

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Post by cguess »

F7F7F7 wrote: post #56
callc wrote: post #23

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Maybe more like “Learn how to replace an AC filter by yourself instead of calling an AC repair company” I just installed PopOS on a laptop recently, and… it just worked. There’s an app store for noobs that I think installs flatpaks. GPU drivers just work. Whole disk encryption. Everything just works. I don’t see what else my grandma that just uses Facebook would need. Maybe automatic updates?

I run Linux across a dozen thin clients and a server class desktop in my home lab. It's rock solid for home assistant, proxmox, routing, etc etc. Set it (hours and hours of work) and forget it exists. I couldln't imagine having the time to set it up as a daily driver that handles my daily workflows, hardware needs, etc. Terminal in OS X is a close enough approximation out of the box and goes beyond it in DX (IMO) wit…

I'mm exactly the same. Fluent in Linux, but you'll pry my MacBook out of my cold dead hands.

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Post by saghm »

spiral90210 wrote: post #14

SpaceGremlin (mac alternative to WinDirStat) has a similar thing, where some features only work in the independent "SpaceGremlinPro" version downloaded from their site. However, they do some cool stuff with licensing - you can point it to the app store paid/installed version, and it detects the license and unlocks. If you're worried about people not trusting payment to you, might be worth seeing if you could implemen…

> If you're worried about people not trusting payment to you, might be worth seeing if you could implement this, so anyone who bought on the app store can still access the full feature set. Cuts you out 30% like, but better than nothing maybe.

In other words, Apple is abusing their position by defining overly broad permissions so that they can deny them and pressure people to fork over more cash to them.

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Post by Gormo »

dmcgill50 wrote: post #27

In Apple’s defense, your company name is MITM. Man In The Middle certainly falls on one side of the perception line, don’t you think?

Of course, one might construe Apple as an MITM in the relationship between the user an and the software vendor.

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Post by bragr »

chris_wot wrote: post #105
squigz wrote: post #102

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This comment is a little light on the reasoning for why you were permabanned.

I commented on BrownHairedGirl’s RFA. The most toxic user ever on Wikipedia. I can assure you, there are those on Wikipedia who committed far worse offenses and they remain. Like I say - a cesspool that doesn’t respect article writers.

Were you Chris.sherlock/Aussie Article Writer on Wikipedia? Sounds like pot calling the kettle black re: toxic. You had an interaction ban against her FFS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_no...

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Post by kemayo »

squigz wrote: post #102
chris_wot wrote: post #101

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Good for you I guess. Everything I ever added was kept, and I was permanently banned. I created [ciation needed], started the admins noticeboard, reworked the USA Patriot Act article, wrote numerous articles for WiR with extensive referencing, contributed to peer review and good article reviews, and a shitload more, but nope. Not good enough. Why anyone would contribute to that cesspool is anyone’s guess.

This comment is a little light on the reasoning for why you were permabanned.

Someone did the research-digging a while back about this, if you want a third-party view: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45136376

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Post by vanyle »

Muhammad523 wrote: post #4

This is what happens when you run an OS controlled by some random big corporation. I dont mean that it's the person's fault, but just that you should not rely on Apple. they allow you to use your computer, but on their terms. Install some GNU/Linux distro and you can do whatever you want.

Centralized package repositories like the one provided by canonical have similar limitations to the Mac App Store, you need to get your app reviewed, you need to push updates to each platform where you distribute your app and in exchange you get visibility.

I'd argue that installing and updating apps on MacOS is simpler than on Linux distros because most apps have built-in auto-updates (or you can just drag the app to the applications folder) instead of having to rely on snap / apt / insert your package manager which may a lot of outdated and unmaintained packages and apps.

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Post by allthetime »

chuckadams wrote: post #108

There's a reason I don't write mobile apps, and it's all the flaming hoops you have to jump through: both in the build system and from the random whims of reviewers.

I’ve been doing it for a decade now. I have a list of everything I’ve been rejected for. New apps must satisfy the list before I put them up for first review. New apps pass first try now.

Build system woes are almost always solved by deleting build cache & artifacts and trying again. Often necessary after messing around with deeper dependencies.

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Post by kobalsky »

After decades of heavily using the computer keyboard (every day, all day) I started getting pain in my wrists.

I got an ortholinear keyboard that looks like a rectangular grid, just 12 by 4 keys around 10-15 years ago.

I don't recall the last time I felt pain in my hands, completely gone.

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Post by Danox »

realusername wrote: post #50
coldtea wrote: post #26

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> This is what happens when you run an OS controlled by some random big corporation You get a channel for installing apps, where someone vetoes random apps that want to have access to control your whole computer and potentially steal sensitive data? > Install some GNU/Linux distro and you can do whatever you want. And any random app can get total control and steal your data, unless you know how to enable restrictions…

> I'd rather have restrictions as the default Then don't install apps and use the web, mobile sandboxing is much weaker compared to any modern browser.

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