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My platform is mobile devices. I am happy to develop Android and iOS apps, and I feel like the companies who run these somewhat walled gardens play mostly fair.
by andrewljohnson 16y ago
My platform is mobile devices. I am happy to develop Android and iOS apps, and I feel like the companies who run these somewhat walled gardens play mostly fair. As an added bonus, they have provided me a way to make money.
People who have found their success on the internet at large are my colleagues, but occasionally they are also arrogant in their views that anyone who doesn't make an HTML website is an idiot. These people's tunnel vision will hold them back their whole lives, and this character flaw is likely evidenced in other views they espouse.
- pyre 16y agoYou don't have to 'code' HTML to avoid walled gardens.
- andrewljohnson 16y agoUsually when you put a word in quotes, you are quoting something. I didn't use the word 'code' at all.
- knome 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes
- minalecs 16y agoin all honesty I think the short sightedness is that .. this environment of developing 4 different applications with 4 different code bases to support the major mobile platforms (IOS,Android,Windows,RIM). Mobile web will win out in the end.
- davidu 16y agoThere will be a decentralized mobile web. SSL and CAs will eventually be done right and a trust model will exist to get apps from trusted sources. The amazon Android store is a fantastic first step. Amazon might not be the quality control police, but someone will step up to that plate. This is all moving in the right direction. It's just not there yet today, so no thanks. The carriers still have too much control.