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> Apple has consistently demonstrated that they don't care about what developers want. The facts disagree. The App Store model is unusual and it is not perfec
by thought_alarm 17y ago
> Apple has consistently demonstrated that they don't care about what developers want.
The facts disagree.
The App Store model is unusual and it is not perfect. Few developers have any experience with Cocoa or Objective-C. Developers must use a Mac. iPhone software only runs on the iPhone and is not easily ported to other platforms.
Despite all of that, Apple has attracted developers to the App Store and the iPhone in numbers nobody would have predicted. Meanwhile, all other mobile platforms are rushing to duplicate the model.
It would seem Apple knows exactly what developers want.
- strags 17y agoNo. Apple knows exactly how much developers will put up with.
- thought_alarm 17y agoGoogle, Microsoft, RIM, and Palm are wishing it was that easy.
- leandroferreira 17y agoApple only cares about their image. They make that "glow" effect on produvt to attract costumers, and developers go wwhere the people are.
- jlees 17y ago"It would seem Apple knows exactly what developers want." Aye, money outweighs freedom even today.
- cheald 17y agoApple is operating under an effective first-mover advantage. That conveys a lot of benefits that let them get away with a lot of abuses. If/when the other players in the market catch up, that won't hold quite as true.