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Apple optimizes their app stores for devices that are able to actually install these apps. I don't think it's as convoluted as you seem to think it is. I have o

Apple optimizes their app stores for devices that are able to actually install these apps. I don't think it's as convoluted as you seem to think it is. I have one Apple device (MBA) and I have never agreed to the iTunes TOS and never opened it. I have no interest in the App Store except when nagged for updates. Homebrew and SSH to my linux desktop fulfill my needs, and after 4+ years I get ~6hrs battery life. The web has really gone down hill, and one thing I actually like about Apple is they embrace more of the internet than just the web/advertising.

kaishiro 9y ago
"Apple optimizes their app stores for devices that are able to actually install these apps." Right, yes, we agree on that. And I don't find anything at all convoluted about it, I'm not sure why you would think that - there is nothing particularly complex about any of this. My only point is that, in my personal opinion, it's a far nicer experience to explore apps for potential install on an Android phone, via the play store website, then it is for an Apple phone, via this...listing page - when you're not on the device itself. It's possible I'm simply in the minority here but when I'm chilling on the couch thinking I need a new (insert application here), I'd rather use the screen with more real estate. Re: your battery life...cool?
- HappyTypist 9y ago
  People who use Apple products generally use Apple full stack. They'd open the App Store on their iPad, browse for an app, and iCloud will install it across all their devices.
  - kaishiro 9y ago
    As a user of Apple products, I'm saying that this isn't always true.
ValentineC 9y ago
> Homebrew and SSH to my linux desktop fulfill my needs, and after 4+ years I get ~6hrs battery life. Possibly unrelated, but did you find a way around having to install XCode before being able to install Homebrew?
- mattkevan 9y ago
  It's possible to download and install the Xcode command line tools independently from Xcode itself.
- kaishiro 9y ago
  You can install just the command line tools of xcode: xcode-select --install Not sure if you mean is it possible without those as well.

kaishiro 9y ago

"Apple optimizes their app stores for devices that are able to actually install these apps." Right, yes, we agree on that. And I don't find anything at all convoluted about it, I'm not sure why you would think that - there is nothing particularly complex about any of this. My only point is that, in my personal opinion, it's a far nicer experience to explore apps for potential install on an Android phone, via the play store website, then it is for an Apple phone, via this...listing page - when you're not on the device itself. It's possible I'm simply in the minority here but when I'm chilling on the couch thinking I need a new (insert application here), I'd rather use the screen with more real estate. Re: your battery life...cool?

HappyTypist 9y ago
People who use Apple products generally use Apple full stack. They'd open the App Store on their iPad, browse for an app, and iCloud will install it across all their devices.
- kaishiro 9y ago
  As a user of Apple products, I'm saying that this isn't always true.

ValentineC 9y ago

> Homebrew and SSH to my linux desktop fulfill my needs, and after 4+ years I get ~6hrs battery life. Possibly unrelated, but did you find a way around having to install XCode before being able to install Homebrew?

mattkevan 9y ago
It's possible to download and install the Xcode command line tools independently from Xcode itself.
kaishiro 9y ago
You can install just the command line tools of xcode: xcode-select --install Not sure if you mean is it possible without those as well.