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It's different having to buy a device to test a product you are developing for that device. Apple is just gatekeeping access to their API to developers who buy
by ubercow13 7y ago
It's different having to buy a device to test a product you are developing for that device. Apple is just gatekeeping access to their API to developers who buy one of their otherwise unrelated products.
- capableweb 7y ago> Apple is just gatekeeping access to their API to developers who buy one of their otherwise unrelated products I don't know how that's news for anyone, Apple has been doing this forever and they explicitly chase that goal as far as I know. If you're saying "yeah, I want to support iOS/Sign in with Apple/AirDrop/Screenshare/Any other Apple feature" then you're entering the need of having more things to do with Apple. That's the cost of joining and leaving the ecosystem they created for themselves.
- LanceH 7y agoDepends on how you look at it, really. End users say, "I would like to be able to sign in with xxx." Developers say, "Your OS vendor doesn't want you to."