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Developer reactions to the Mac App Store

• stevenwei 16y ago
  Seems like the reaction is overwhelmingly positive on the developer side. There are some concerns, but overall, developers understand how much more exposure a Mac App Store would give their software.
  • pornel 16y ago
    To me many of the responses sound politically correct. You shouldn't bite hand that (may) feed you.
• drivebyacct2 16y ago
  http://bit.ly/g7yY3 http://bit.ly/g7yY3 "I think this is wonderful news for users as it makes the lengthy download-install-buy-license process as simple as a single click." Maybe not a click, but the Ubuntu Software Center is basically that.
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• linuxhansl 16y ago
  Generally I like the idea. I wonder, though, whether the Mac App Store will eventually become the only way to install apps on a Mac. (I.e. you'd have to jail break your Mac to install alternative apps). This seems far fetched now, but as PC and mobile device continue to become more and more alike. If history is any measure here, that is probably what Apple wants in order to assure a unified user experience.
  • derefr 16y ago
    There will always have to be some SDK version of the OS you can run that will allow you to freely develop and QA apps. Part of developing, of course, is pulling random code from the Internet and compiling a single, local copy of it for yourself. Even if OSX copies iOS and stops accepting unsigned apps, developers will still be able to simply share the source code for any app they really want distributed, such that any other developer can then just pull the code down, build it, locally sign/provision it, and run their locally-signed binary. That might actually make the OSX third-party software ecosystem healthier, all-said.