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Why are you surprised? RIM wants to retain control of their platform, and having the developer re-sign the app enables that. This way RIM can decide what doe
by gonzo 16y ago
Why are you surprised? RIM wants to retain control of their platform, and having the developer re-sign the app enables that.
This way RIM can decide what does, and does not run on it's phones.
- cabalamat 16y agoIn which case, fuck 'em. They're not the only game in town any more. Maybe they need a few quarters of losses to get off their high horse.
- ianhawes 16y agoCouldn't agree more. I've developed for the Blackberry platform for several years now, and they've gotten slightly better the past few months but compared to Android or iOS, we're treated like dogshit.
- sambeau 16y agoIf they want complete control of their apps they shouldn't be making virtual machines to run other people's apps. As stated above - the vm route only makes sense if it immediately taps into the large pool of apps existing for other devices. It's a compromise to provide convenience to users. As soon as developers have to expend effort to get a worse version of their app running on these devices the plan falls apart. Good developers will shun the device until they can be sure than they can create a great user experience and that the effort of doing so will be worth the effort.