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Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by robomartin »

petercooper wrote: post #7

This is the same Apple that plans for GateKeeper to check a certificate server for blacklisted apps and developers in OS X 10.8. Imagine not even being in the App Store and your app's mainstream customers with default settings seeing a scary warning message because your certificate was accidentally blacklisted. Coming to the HN front page later this year..? :-) Orienting your business around the ecosystem of a corpor…

This isn't just an Apple problem. There's a disturbing trend here. All of the dominant internet companies exhibit this kind of nonsensical "evil" behavior: Google, eBay, Apple and Paypal, to name the most salient examples.

Way back when, Microsoft was openly painted by Apple (and the Apple cult followers) as being evil. Interestingly enough, Microsoft never sought to have this kind of a death grip on its users, at least not by force. And, I've never heard of MS killing-off someone's revenue stream like that. You buy their tools and develop for the platform. They don't have a say at all. That's the way it should be.

Somehow a united front needs to be organized and presented to these companies in order for them to understand that they are causing serious damage.

To say that, as entrepreneurs, businessmen and developers we don't want to see the tech landscape develop and evolve in this manner is probably an understatement.

I wonder if CNBC might be interested in doing a documentary on the damage to small businesses and entrepreneurs done by the likes of Google, Apple, eBay and Paypal? That could be an interesting angle.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by Xuzz »

robomartin wrote: post #21
petercooper wrote: post #7

This is the same Apple that plans for GateKeeper to check a certificate server for blacklisted apps and developers in OS X 10.8. Imagine not even being in the App Store and your app's mainstream customers with default settings seeing a scary warning message because your certificate was accidentally blacklisted. Coming to the HN front page later this year..? :-) Orienting your business around the ecosystem of a corpor…

This isn't just an Apple problem. There's a disturbing trend here. All of the dominant internet companies exhibit this kind of nonsensical "evil" behavior: Google, eBay, Apple and Paypal, to name the most salient examples. Way back when, Microsoft was openly painted by Apple (and the Apple cult followers) as being evil. Interestingly enough, Microsoft never sought to have this kind of a death grip on its users, at le…

However, and probably due to Apple, the new Windows 8 tablets (and the Metro UI for all forms of Windows 8) will only run applications from their new Windows Store.

So while they may not have before, Microsoft is certainly not immune from this trend.

Re: Save My House From Apple

#27

Post by SeoxyS »

I donated some cash because I feel bad, but I hope you've learnt your lesson: Do not base your entire livelyhood at the mercy of anybody but yourself, and especially not a huge corporation.

This also goes for anybody who takes out a mortgage they can't afford. Don't ever get any debt or create any expenses you will no longer be able to pay if you got fired tomorrow.

Re: Save My House From Apple

#28

Post by dmazin »

evanlong wrote: post #25

Sounds like really poor personal finances. An individual should have at least 6 months to a year of savings so a 2-4 week outage is really no dent at all to your well being.

Ah, so I'm guessing you understand this guy's situation entirely, allowing you to comment on his personal finances without sounding like a jackass. Otherwise, you wouldn't have posted, right?

Re: Save My House From Apple

#29

Post by Mythbusters »

Xuzz wrote: post #26
robomartin wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This isn't just an Apple problem. There's a disturbing trend here. All of the dominant internet companies exhibit this kind of nonsensical "evil" behavior: Google, eBay, Apple and Paypal, to name the most salient examples. Way back when, Microsoft was openly painted by Apple (and the Apple cult followers) as being evil. Interestingly enough, Microsoft never sought to have this kind of a death grip on its users, at le…

However, and probably due to Apple, the new Windows 8 tablets (and the Metro UI for all forms of Windows 8) will only run applications from their new Windows Store. So while they may not have before, Microsoft is certainly not immune from this trend.

Of course there is Windows desktop that does not have such limitations and a much broader distribution that any other platform.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by Mythbusters »

nkassis wrote: post #14
petercooper wrote: post #7

This is the same Apple that plans for GateKeeper to check a certificate server for blacklisted apps and developers in OS X 10.8. Imagine not even being in the App Store and your app's mainstream customers with default settings seeing a scary warning message because your certificate was accidentally blacklisted. Coming to the HN front page later this year..? :-) Orienting your business around the ecosystem of a corpor…

I can imagine a situation where a 20 dev shop gets closed because of something like this and they can't make payroll. There are lot of people here basing their company on an App in the app store. I'd be terrified.

Diversification really helps. Basing something on a single platform, particularly one that is so tighly controlled is suicidal.
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