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> This actually goes back to Steve Job's original vision for the iPhone. He didn't intend there to ever be 3rd party apps for the phone, because he saw the inte

> This actually goes back to Steve Job's original vision for the iPhone. He didn't intend there to ever be 3rd party apps for the phone, because he saw the internet as being the perfect platform for them. Do you have a link that lays this out in more detail?

alexbock 10y ago
The most succinct quote from Jobs is: There’s no SDK that you need! You’ve got everything you need if you know how to write apps using the most modern web standards to write amazing apps for the iPhone today. The full quote and the video in which he said it can be found here: http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-iphone-no-third-party-native-apps/ http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-i...
- Marazan 10y ago
  And then you can hear the sucking void of silence of a response from the crowd and a few months later an sdk was out.
  - dave2000 10y ago
    Well he changed his mind more often and quickly than you can say "magical thinking". Still, better to seem certain when speaking to investors, developers and other get-rich-quick types.
    - danudey 10y ago
      On the other hand: it's okay to be wrong if you can admit that you're wrong, it's okay to change your mind, and, of course, circumstances can change.
  - ZeroGravitas 10y ago
    It was a crowd of Apple Mac OS X developers though, with a great deal of expertise in Obj-C, not the web, so it shouldn't be taken as an objective verdict on whether it was a good strategy or not.
    - dzhiurgis 10y ago
      I think it was inevitable. And probably planned for a second release too. Not that web APIs were lacking, but purely from performance perspective. By then, web was designed for 2GHz/2Gb desktop, not a 200MHz cpu from a dvd player.
coldcode 10y ago
We don't really know what Steve was thinking, we only have what he said when there was no alternative. Clearly he realized at some point how much apps and an app store could benefit the platform. It might have been long before he said this. In reality it took some time to make the SDK usable by third parties.
mattparcher 10y ago
From Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs: >He didn't want outsiders to create applications for the iPhone that could mess it up, infect it with viruses, or pollute its integrity http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4507930/the-revolution-will-be-downloaded-the-app-store-turns-5 http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4507930/the-revolution-wil...
- gohrt 10y ago
  Then why did Apple launch Mac OS X instead of something like ChomeOS?
  - Alphasite_ 10y ago
    Chrome OS is to Linux what iOS 1.x was to Mac OS.
  - simonw 10y ago
    Because it was 1999-2001.

alexbock 10y ago

The most succinct quote from Jobs is: There’s no SDK that you need! You’ve got everything you need if you know how to write apps using the most modern web standards to write amazing apps for the iPhone today. The full quote and the video in which he said it can be found here: http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-iphone-no-third-party-native-apps/ http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-i...

Marazan 10y ago
And then you can hear the sucking void of silence of a response from the crowd and a few months later an sdk was out.
- dave2000 10y ago
  Well he changed his mind more often and quickly than you can say "magical thinking". Still, better to seem certain when speaking to investors, developers and other get-rich-quick types.
  - danudey 10y ago
    On the other hand: it's okay to be wrong if you can admit that you're wrong, it's okay to change your mind, and, of course, circumstances can change.
- ZeroGravitas 10y ago
  It was a crowd of Apple Mac OS X developers though, with a great deal of expertise in Obj-C, not the web, so it shouldn't be taken as an objective verdict on whether it was a good strategy or not.
  - dzhiurgis 10y ago
    I think it was inevitable. And probably planned for a second release too. Not that web APIs were lacking, but purely from performance perspective. By then, web was designed for 2GHz/2Gb desktop, not a 200MHz cpu from a dvd player.

coldcode 10y ago

We don't really know what Steve was thinking, we only have what he said when there was no alternative. Clearly he realized at some point how much apps and an app store could benefit the platform. It might have been long before he said this. In reality it took some time to make the SDK usable by third parties.

mattparcher 10y ago

From Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs: >He didn't want outsiders to create applications for the iPhone that could mess it up, infect it with viruses, or pollute its integrity http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4507930/the-revolution-will-be-downloaded-the-app-store-turns-5 http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4507930/the-revolution-wil...

gohrt 10y ago
Then why did Apple launch Mac OS X instead of something like ChomeOS?
- Alphasite_ 10y ago
  Chrome OS is to Linux what iOS 1.x was to Mac OS.
- simonw 10y ago
  Because it was 1999-2001.