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For someone born in China, who may be deeply patriotic about their country but hates their government; for them it is a catch 22 because they could move abroad
by patrickk 17y ago
For someone born in China, who may be deeply patriotic about their country but hates their government; for them it is a catch 22 because they could move abroad but that means a big sacrifice.
No-one is forcing you to use an iPhone or an iPad; if you disagree with Apple's policies then walk down the street and buy an alternative product, or don't develop apps for the App Store.
Apple can dictate policies that irritate developers and content publishers because they have a better product offering to the consumers plus a critical mass of app offerings in the App store and they know it. If Microsoft had a superior tablet offering that everyone was raving about and an Android-based phone was kicking Apples ass in terms of iPhone sales, then perhaps Apple's stance would be more lenient.
A little perspective please.
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoSuperior for a particularly humorless, prudish type of consumer apparently, but I don't care about that. What I do care about is the stark discrepancy between what "hackers" claim to be and what turns out to be the truth.
- patrickk 17y agoWell, as a developer/hacker, you should care what smartphone the majority of consumers use if you wish to reach the biggest possible audience (as an app developer). Even if they are "humourless and prudish". This is more a relection of Steve Jobs taste I think, than of consumers' taste. If you are a hacker (and not an app developer) who has a major problem with Apple's policies, then you are absolutely corrrect; it would be highly hypocritical to both own an iPhone/iPad and hold that view simultaneously.