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Also, cross compiled/deployed apps means: - Apps won't use iPhone features not present on other phones - Apps will be available on other phones, thus making i
by inerte 16y ago
Also, cross compiled/deployed apps means:
- Apps won't use iPhone features not present on other phones
- Apps will be available on other phones, thus making iPhones less attractives (that card can only be played while iPhones have this incredible momentum)
- They might be ugly, targetting the lowest denominator
In the long run it's stupid idea (IMHO), but it let's them milk the iPhone current gigantic success.
It's not evil, I mean it's not actively causing harm in the ultimate scale, but it does suck.
- chc 16y agoYour first claim is false (apps might do that or they might not, and either choice is possible regardless of cross-compilation) and the third is a statement of mere possibility, which is uninteresting (Objective-C apps might be ugly and target the LCD as well — the iPhone has proved this). Only the second is true, and that reason is simply a long-winded way to say "ulterior motive of lock-in."