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Serious question - why not just open it up to third party developers? Just provide a sanctioned API to play (& save offline) tracks, and then let independent a
by hannibalhorn 10y ago
Serious question - why not just open it up to third party developers? Just provide a sanctioned API to play (& save offline) tracks, and then let independent apps compete to come up with the best interface, tailored to individual tastes, as long as the end user has an Apple Music subscription.
- viraptor 10y agoWalled gardens and being control freaks. That's been the status quo for years. It's been what devs complained about for ages too. ("I made that app, then Apple released something similar but worse, and now they reject my app from the store.") I don't know why though... maybe it's just about keeping customers in the ecosystem? Most common reason I hear for getting an Apple product lately is "I have other things from Apple and they work together". Slightly ignoring the fact you're just burying yourself deeper in Apple dependencies rather than getting something that works with iOS/OSX and other systems.
- mikestew 10y agoThey did recently provide an API. Someone up thread posted a link.