DISQUS

jazz biscuit · 1 year ago

Apple are disgusting. Their dedication to lock-in tactics is embarassing.

Imagine a world where the iphone was just released, ran java, and was open to the whole bloody world. They would have sold millions of extra units, and be reaping the success their excellent technology rightly deserves. Instead they bastardise their own product and make it far worse that it could be due to short-sighted money-grabbing strategies.

They absolutely suck.

paulmwatson · 1 year ago

I wouldn't go that far, Jazz. I am glad the iPhone runs the software it does. The SDK is very nice and the dev tools are excellent even in beta form. The only blocker is the App Store. It is a business decision and one that Apple is free to make. I just wish they had made a more open system.

Shog9 · 1 year ago

Meh. If they actually do a good job of standing in the gates of that walled garden, then more power to 'em.

If not, then trojan-horse-SMS-spamming software will be the death of iTunes. Sorry, but writing native apps ain't like coding up web pages. You have real power. And plenty of folks looking to abuse it.

Jason Madigan · 1 year ago

"Imagine a world where the iphone was just released, ran java"

I'd really rather not.