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Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by toasterlovin »

computerex wrote: post #290
jdgoesmarching wrote: post #214

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It’s weird to see this whole thread jumping to Apple’s defense because “he broke the rules.” Feels hilariously similar to the human centipede episode of South Park. The fact that this company can rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas is crazy. Everyone here acting like it’s ok because the world’s richest company has a team of lawyers building the justification are ev…

I totally agree. I have noticed that HackerNews isn't immune to the cult following that Apple has. In every Apple related thread there are people irrationally and fanatically advocating for the company. It's shocking because otherwise HackerNews tends to have relatively level headed users.

FWIW, Apple threads also has a strong contingent of people who seem pretty obviously in ideological (and irrational) opposition to Apple.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by scarface74 »

bsder wrote: post #352
scarface74 wrote: post #301

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A monopoly is not a platform that has less than 50% market share.....

That is not strictly true even in the law. However, if we define the "market" as "places that you can legally purchase and install iOS device apps from", the App Store is close to 95%+ of the market share.

So can you give any examples in the US or the EU where such a definition has ever been used?

In that case are all of the console makers “monopolies” since they have to approve both digital and physical media distributed on their platform?

Does Apple also have a “monopoly” in the smart speaker market since they control what runs on the HomePod even though they are a distance third to Amazon and Google? What about the “AppleTV”? Should Apple have been forced to open up the 2nd/3rd generation AppleTV to developers?

Do they have a “monopoly” on AirPods since they don’t allow third party smart assistants?

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by Answerawake »

lol768 wrote: post #268
Answerawake wrote: post #251

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You and all the other replies are missing the whole point. The computer is a tool to get work done. I just want a computer that allows me to get my work done in the least amount of pain as possible. I don't see how Apple gets dethroned in a few years time if this is the state of the competitors. This computer in its current configuration worked fine with last year's Ubuntu distro. Next year I suspect this will be fix…

> You and all the other replies are missing the whole point. The computer is a tool to get work done. I just want a computer that allows me to get my work done in the least amount of pain as possible. I don't see how Apple gets dethroned in a few years time if this is the state of the competitors. With respect, macOS "allows you to get your work done in the least amount of pain as possible" precisely because you are…

>With respect, macOS "allows you to get your work done in the least amount of pain as possible" precisely because you are used to it and its relative quirks.

This is devolving into the same flamewar that always occurs when discussing platform religion so this will be my last post on it.

For the record I have been a dual platform user for 10+ years (Windows and Linux). It was only 4 years ago that I got fed up with countless Android phones having so many bugs. Maybe i'm just cursed. (my last Android phone was a Nexus 5) I finally gave iPhone a try. The experience was so good that I finally considered giving macOS a try. Historically it was always too expensive in my mind to risk trying in case it turned out to be bad. Once the iPhone got me hooked, macOS ended up being a breath of fresh air as well.

As my previous comments eluded, I still try out the other platforms yearly but always go back to macOS now due to the aforementioned problems. Going back to the original comment that I replied to:

>If HN comment sections are early indicators, devs are moving on. We are potentially a few years away from OS X apps no longer being best-in-class for dev tooling. That should scare people who are long Apple, a group that presumably includes their management.

During the 90s and early 00s Apple did not have a majority hold on the dev community. Developers moved to Apple due to to flaws in the other platforms. I have listed issues that are caused by fundamental flaws in the OS. No matter how bad Nvidia is, Linux should never silently crash when trying to log in leaving the user stranded on the login screen. Its just poor design.

If we are talking about Windows well it does not solve any of the OS problems that Apple platforms have and instead introduces additional problems of its own. The only people who would switch are people who are so damaged by Apple's policies on hardware or generic policies that the pain of this overshadows the solid foundation that their OS provides. The pragmatic side of me remains skeptical it will happen on a mass scale.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by 205guy »

computerex wrote: post #290
jdgoesmarching wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s weird to see this whole thread jumping to Apple’s defense because “he broke the rules.” Feels hilariously similar to the human centipede episode of South Park. The fact that this company can rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas is crazy. Everyone here acting like it’s ok because the world’s richest company has a team of lawyers building the justification are ev…

I totally agree. I have noticed that HackerNews isn't immune to the cult following that Apple has. In every Apple related thread there are people irrationally and fanatically advocating for the company. It's shocking because otherwise HackerNews tends to have relatively level headed users.

HN readers obviously have a mix of opinions, from software pirate to corporate shill. But certainly many work for FAANGs and the thousands of other companies in tech and have some ideas how companies work. Their pay and employment and products they work on all depend on both 1) them not revealing inside information and 2) their co-workers not revealing inside information.

So the GP's "rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas" is totally off base. The reason he had access to those betas was because of his developer agreement.

Clearly, the public is served when inside information about illegal or immoral behavior is revealed, but the OP seems to all about commercial information, so no whistleblower status.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by lol768 »

saagarjha wrote: post #300
lol768 wrote: post #288

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You're incredibly lucky then :) There are multiple posts on Reddit, StackOverflow and Apple's own product support site about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/9fd7qu/taki... https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/108462 https://stackoverflow.com/a/54653683/5056459

Those users have enabled options that add "cutouts" to the images. By default the simulator will take rectangular screenshots.

I've not changed the settings at all - and that's the sort of screenshots that the simulator generates for me (for e.g. the iPhone X).

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by zepto »

saagarjha wrote: post #341
zepto wrote: post #339

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Ok - so it seems like you are confirming that we do know what he has done that breaks the NDA.

Yes. It's just that we don't know if that's why Apple has locked him out of his account.

Not for certain, but we do know that it is a strong possibility which he disingenuously leaves out of his account.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by root_axis »

ouid wrote: post #219
pcroh wrote: post #193

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Apple doesn't even have 50% of market share in any country, how are they in "complete control" of anything?

They are in complete control of the programs that you can install on your iphone, and take 30% of all transactions that occur through that marketplace. Are you a lawyer for apple?

Nintendo is in complete control of the programs you can install on your Switch. Sony is in complete control of the programs you can install on your PS4. Using your logic every platform is a monopoly.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by pdonis »

fjabre wrote: post #309
pdonis wrote: post #285

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> Government needs to get involved. I don't see how this would improve the situation, and it would most likely make it worse. > Devs have absolutely no recourse against this monopoly. Devs have no right to demand that Apple let them into their ecosystem. It belongs to Apple. The ultimate dev recourse is not to go complaining to the government but to build their own ecosystem that out-competes Apple's. Good luck.

Out compete Apple? You cant be serious. Unless you have a phone that uses quantum entanglement to communicate at FTL no one is out competing Apple anytime soon.

> Out compete Apple? You cant be serious.

And if that's the answer, then devs who don't like how Apple manages their ecosystem should simply go find some other kind of coding to do.

Re: Apple has locked me out of my developer account

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Post by pdonis »

eitland wrote: post #313
pdonis wrote: post #279

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> every time they get to the front page of HN with a story like this it chips away at Apple's (or Google's, or whoever's) reputation I know we who post here on HN would like to believe this is true, but I have seen no evidence that it actually is.

I started as a huge Google fan. I am not anymore. To be honest though they might have put in the biggest effort themselves when it comes to making sure everyone dislike them.

I'm not a fan of Apple or Google. But I also don't see any reason to think that Apple or Google cares whether I'm a fan or not.
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