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I believe Apple claiming this makes the experience better is very weak. What this really is is Apple creating a market where its apps thrive and competitors are

by slenk 7y ago

I believe Apple claiming this makes the experience better is very weak. What this really is is Apple creating a market where its apps thrive and competitors aren't allowed. The other big sticking point for me? You can't develop for Apple without an Apple. I can write code for Android on any OS and don't force developers to pay thousands into the ECOsystem to release a _free_ application

Tagbert 7y ago
An Apple developer’s license is $99, not thousands.
- FreeFull 7y ago
  The point is that the developer license isn't enough, you have to buy a Mac to develop iOS apps
- Axnyff 7y ago
  He's talking about the price of the mac, not the license
- slenk 7y ago
  As others have pointed out, you need a Macbook to develop said app. I am surprised to hear the priced decreased - back when I did that sort of development is was $150 to publish free apps
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gleenn 7y ago
Disclosure: I work for Apple but not on anything related. I think there are reasons to believe there is some dark purpose behind this, but I think there are also reasons to believe its just Apple continuing its privacy push and not wanting to see even more data go unnecessarily to the data hoarders. I'm personally super happy I can decide to not hand over my email address, I think that's a huge improvement.
scarface74 7y ago
Why would Apple spend the time and resources to port their development environment to other platforms? Have you seen the few apps that Apple has ported to other platforms like iTunes?
kitsunesoba 7y ago
Requiring a Mac reduces the number of low-effort “checkbox ports”, which the google play store has no shortage of. Nobody who just wants a quick, easy presence on iOS will buy a Mac, leaving (mostly) devs with the intent of building decent iOS apps.
luxuryballs 7y ago
It may not actually work as much as they would like to believe but I do think that is their thinking here, I don’t think the goal is just to gouge us for money.

by slenk 7y ago

Tagbert 7y ago

An Apple developer’s license is $99, not thousands.

FreeFull 7y ago
The point is that the developer license isn't enough, you have to buy a Mac to develop iOS apps
Axnyff 7y ago
He's talking about the price of the mac, not the license
slenk 7y ago
As others have pointed out, you need a Macbook to develop said app. I am surprised to hear the priced decreased - back when I did that sort of development is was $150 to publish free apps
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gleenn 7y ago

Disclosure: I work for Apple but not on anything related. I think there are reasons to believe there is some dark purpose behind this, but I think there are also reasons to believe its just Apple continuing its privacy push and not wanting to see even more data go unnecessarily to the data hoarders. I'm personally super happy I can decide to not hand over my email address, I think that's a huge improvement.

scarface74 7y ago

Why would Apple spend the time and resources to port their development environment to other platforms? Have you seen the few apps that Apple has ported to other platforms like iTunes?

kitsunesoba 7y ago

Requiring a Mac reduces the number of low-effort “checkbox ports”, which the google play store has no shortage of. Nobody who just wants a quick, easy presence on iOS will buy a Mac, leaving (mostly) devs with the intent of building decent iOS apps.

luxuryballs 7y ago

It may not actually work as much as they would like to believe but I do think that is their thinking here, I don’t think the goal is just to gouge us for money.