I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf]

Post by jacobush » Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 9:52 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #114

wvenable wrote: post #107

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Security or freedom, chose one. You can't have both.

I think we are slowly coming to the consensus (as a society) that security is preferable to freedom because it maximizes harm reduction (harm reduction being the ultimate metric by which to measure the value of something). I don't agree at all, but the way our government is, it's a one way ratchet to get new laws passed. Speech laws only get stricter (one inch at a time) over the years, never looser. Gun laws only ge…

Post by halfFact » Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

Post by heavyset_go » Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 9:59 PM UTC

alirsgp wrote: post #128

Am I the only one that supports Apple here? As a smaller indie dev they have been great to me. The best developer support I've experienced from a company and I don't mind the 30% cut.

Post by hitekker » Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 10:06 PM UTC

mhafez17 wrote: post #86

headmelted wrote: post #19

I mean, there’s a point to be made about how much monopoly power Apple holds, and it’s now clear these questions weren’t asked until now because lawmakers were really sweet on the maker of their shiny iPhone - but this letter ain’t it. The author is grovelling to the point of it being honestly pitiful. The amount of derogatory references to the web and Android also make it really hard for me not to question the motiv…

I guess I was groveling. This was my livelihood and I was employing 20+ people. I did not want to give up on this and have to tell the team our work and their jobs were over. I tried to be honest and explain the situation, because I believed if Tim Cook understood what happened, he would make it right.

Post by heavyset_go » Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

askafriend wrote: post #18

dessant wrote: post #17

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The main issue is not the app review process, but the missing alternatives to the App Store on iPhones, and I think arguing about more just App Store rules is not the solution, but a distraction to our eroding right to control our own devices.

> the missing alternatives to the App Store on iPhones Get an Android phone and use the Play Store (or any of the 3rd party Android stores). The magic of a smartphone isn't only on iPhone and there's nothing you can do on iPhone that you can't do elsewhere.