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It's interesting that the author took that blog post to describe the exact opposite. Apple is treating the developers and users like they are immature, with th

It's interesting that the author took that blog post to describe the exact opposite. Apple is treating the developers and users like they are immature, with the "because I said so" and inexplicable nondetailed explanations treating everyone with kid gloves. Even Jobs' response sounds like something a parent would say when a kid keeps asking "why?" continuously. Then there is the "wildwest" of the Android market, where you have to watch out for yourself because anyone can do whatever they want and no one is looking over your shoulder and telling you what to do. That sounds like more a more mature environment to me.

ROFISH 16y ago
I think you're confusing "mature", treating people like responsible adults, and "mature", a market that has fully expanded and is not growing. If the author from Australia cannot sell an app, than the Android Market is an immature economic market. The App Store is both mature and immature, and the Android Market is both mature and immature at the same time.
- thwarted 16y ago
  I wasn't confusing them at all, I know exactly what the author meant and I purposely chose the other definition. There's a lot of whining coming from what amounts to Apple fanbois on this issue, when the right thing to do is vote with your dollars and your time. I have a lot more respect for the developer who blogs about how they are moving to another platform and actually does it than one who complains about having hooked their wagon to the wrong star. It's interesting that people like this choose the platform where everything is decided for you (users and developers) rather than helping to make another platform that provides them more freedom to be more finished and polished. They'll use the excuse that they just want to get things done and don't want to be bothered with the lower level details needed to make their app look good/attractive/functional/whathaveyou -- 1) then why bother programming at all, 2) good luck differentiating your app (remove the widgets so your picture frame app follows the new guidelines, now your app duplicates Apple's functionality) when you can't go beyond the preconceived ideas of how apps should operate. That being said, I'm not sure the author would want a mature market that has "fully expanded and is not growing" anyway. This seriously limits the growth potential. Who's developing for WebOS? By your definition the WebOS market has matured, has expanded and is not growing. However, both the iPhone and Android ecosystems continue to grow, so then neither have "matured".
donaq 16y ago
It's a mature environment but not a mature market, because apparently anyone not living in the 9 countries approved by Google cannot sell their apps on the market.

ROFISH 16y ago

I think you're confusing "mature", treating people like responsible adults, and "mature", a market that has fully expanded and is not growing. If the author from Australia cannot sell an app, than the Android Market is an immature economic market. The App Store is both mature and immature, and the Android Market is both mature and immature at the same time.

thwarted 16y ago
I wasn't confusing them at all, I know exactly what the author meant and I purposely chose the other definition. There's a lot of whining coming from what amounts to Apple fanbois on this issue, when the right thing to do is vote with your dollars and your time. I have a lot more respect for the developer who blogs about how they are moving to another platform and actually does it than one who complains about having hooked their wagon to the wrong star. It's interesting that people like this choose the platform where everything is decided for you (users and developers) rather than helping to make another platform that provides them more freedom to be more finished and polished. They'll use the excuse that they just want to get things done and don't want to be bothered with the lower level details needed to make their app look good/attractive/functional/whathaveyou -- 1) then why bother programming at all, 2) good luck differentiating your app (remove the widgets so your picture frame app follows the new guidelines, now your app duplicates Apple's functionality) when you can't go beyond the preconceived ideas of how apps should operate. That being said, I'm not sure the author would want a mature market that has "fully expanded and is not growing" anyway. This seriously limits the growth potential. Who's developing for WebOS? By your definition the WebOS market has matured, has expanded and is not growing. However, both the iPhone and Android ecosystems continue to grow, so then neither have "matured".

donaq 16y ago

It's a mature environment but not a mature market, because apparently anyone not living in the 9 countries approved by Google cannot sell their apps on the market.