As I understand it, these apps allowed running custom code from the app, and that has always been disallowed.
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Apple removes iPhone vibe coding app from app store
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Re: Apple removes iPhone vibe coding app from app store
#62Apple's huge problem here is - even though the get 50% more native app submissions this year - that these apps-in-apps (no matter how buggy they are) do not get them their predatory 30% Apple cut. That being said, it is rumoured that Apple will make deal with the big one like Replit as long as these apps do not run on ios - they are going to keep profiting off that walled garden until it collapses.
Apple's primary concern is control over the revenue stream
Re: Apple removes iPhone vibe coding app from app store
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Is there an actual use-case for this fan-fiction-esque prediction of software that rewrites itself, or is this just promoting AI for the sake of promoting it only? I get annoyed enough when software I use changes arbitrarily in ways that don't benefit me, I can't see LLM vibed software that changes itself based on what it thinks I need being an improvement at all. It just feels like it would be even more annoying.
Simply put, yes, there are many use cases. Concrete example: Various timers with a better interface for the specific task I want to do (meditate, pomodoro, workout, etc) and no ads. There’s no reason I really need those four different apps on my phone with a login and ads and tracking and 100 page terms of service. Claude can write them for me today. It’s be even better if I just ask my phone for them and they pop up…
I feel like I could write this in an afternoon with basic HTML. React if you want your phone to also act as a heating pad.
Re: Apple removes iPhone vibe coding app from app store
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Not sure why this is downvoted, it's true: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-shell/id1473805438
Those are terminal emulators, not actual terminals. You can't fork or exec on iOS/iPadOS, so they're not actually running e.g. a python process, they're just running python interpreter.
I don't think it matters if you can fork or exec, they're still running custom code