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Think about it this way. You can install any app you want on your iPhone as well. The thing is, Apple charges $99 a year for the privilege. Get a developer ac
by lzw 16y ago
Think about it this way. You can install any app you want on your iPhone as well.
The thing is, Apple charges $99 a year for the privilege. Get a developer account, and run whatever you want.
In order to have any security, you need to sign executables, and Apple's $99 essentially covers the cost of doing that. This is much better than the $100 per app up to many thousands that previously you'd have to pay.
Maybe unsigned executables is a risk you're willing to take on, but given the level of derogatory misinofrmation that people spread about apple as it is, I understand why they want to limit the potential damage. The media does not distinguish between some code downloaded over the internet for jailbroken phones and something from the appstore, as it is.
And everyone is apparently very eager to make hay whenever they can blame something on Apple.
- Zak 16y agoThe problem with having to buy a developer account or jailbreak the phone is that many of the apps that wouldn't be approved never get written. The commercial viability of an app is somewhat limited when the first step in the installation instructions is "jailbreak your phone".
- jsz0 16y agoAndroid apps that appear in the top 10-20 paid apps require rooting which is more or less the same barrier of entry. (I can't remember if this requires you to check "unknown sources" or not. Maybe by default they don't appear)
- fragmede 16y agoLet me describe an app that doesn't exist, would do well in the app store, but will never be allowed. What the app does does, is turn the iPhone into a normal usb drive when connected to a computer. On top of that, your music is available in normal folders, that you can drag to your computer. Additionally, you can drag music onto that drive, and the music will be playable on the iPhone after you disconnect. (Yes, iPhoneBrowser and DiskAid kind of allow you to do this, but I'm talking about having the iPhone handle it natively.) And y'know what? I blame Apple for this app not existing. $100 doesn't allow me to run whatever I want if it doesn't exist.
- loewenskind 16y agoMost people don't need or want what you're describing. I use iTunes (on OSX) and I like it. I prefer it to manually laying out folders of music. Folders don't make sense for music anyway because how the songs should be organized depends on what mood I'm in at the time. Tags would be much better. Which is what you can do with iTunes.