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>I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts I'm guessing a company that controls information as obsessively as Apple doesn't just "jot down" its official respon
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
>I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts
I'm guessing a company that controls information as obsessively as Apple doesn't just "jot down" its official response to a major, ongoing controversy.
>We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform.
It sounds like Apple doesn't trust the market. If apps compiled from a Flash development framework target the lowest common denominator and don't take advantage of iP*d innovations, they will lose to apps that do.
- joubert 17y ago"they will lose to apps that do" That is not a guaranteed outcome.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoThere are no guarantees in life: neither through shrewd guesswork nor the illusion of control.
- MartinCron 17y agoA true open market is far more messy and painful, at least in the short term, then Apple seems to want for its app store apps. As the device and app experiences are tightly coupled in the user's mind, every high-quality app is an asset to Apple and every low-quality app is a liability. Not saying that I think it's the best way to go, but it's worth understanding the intention. I like using app store apps the same way I've come to prefer console gaming over PC gaming. There's at least supposed to be a minimum quality bar that things have to pass, and I can experiment with things without worrying that they'll muck up my whole system. I've never had an iPad game require me to download and install beta-quality video card driver software in order to be playable, and for that, I'm thankful.