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Without the mac there is no iPhone. Before disagreeing, ask yourself what every single piece of iPhone software was written on. Someone has to make the softwa

• douche 10y ago
  Simple solution: allow virtualized build server licenses. Or they could offer a cloud build service a la TFS online. Having to have an overpriced piece of hardware in the loop in order to run software to compile other software for a third piece of hardware is, to use the German, verrückt.
  • mrkgnao 10y ago
    Really inexperienced German learner here: does verrückt have any subtle connotations that crazy or insane don't?
    • douche 10y ago
      As far as I know, not really, but it's more fun to say.
      • mrkgnao 10y ago
        "Verrrrrückt"
• pjmlp 10y ago
  The developers agry at Apple aren't the ones doing iOS apps, rather the ones using a UNIX with pretty UI, which contribute zero to the amount of iPhone apps. So it doesn't matter that Apple ignores them.
  • imron 10y ago
    It does matter, just not in the short term. As people leave the platform, the amount of revenue it makes the company diminishes. As the revenue earned from Macs diminishes, its importance to the company diminishes and they put less resources towards it. As its importance to the company diminishes and it gets less resources, the quality diminishes. As the quality diminishes, they lose other developers also. It's a slow decline that will take maybe 5-10 years.