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There are lots of programming environments on iOS with sharing. I had gambit installed, there's pythonista which even has special support from official Apple ap

by swiley 6y ago

There are lots of programming environments on iOS with sharing. I had gambit installed, there's pythonista which even has special support from official Apple apps like shortcuts. I'm pretty sure there were multiple C interpreters. Apple stopped enforcing the no interpreters rule for years until just now. I honestly can't imagine going back to having the list of approved software for one of my most important computers dictated by a publicly traded company. I'm shocked other people tolerate it!

kevincox 6y ago
It looks like they haven't stopped. They just are continuing to enforce it as they please. Maybe they should just remove the app store guidelines completely and replace it with "Apple will allow apps that it finds beneficial to its interests."
judge2020 6y ago
> I honestly can't imagine going back to having the list of approved software for one of my most important computers dictated by a publicly traded company. I'm shocked other people tolerate it! Because it isn't the most important computer for many (probably most) people - it's their phone/entertainment device and it does what they want; any semblance of it being a general purpose computer was never there.
- machello13 6y ago
  Plenty of people have iPhones or iPads and use them as general-purpose computers. If they don't, it's mostly for ergonomic reasons than software restrictions (most people probably don't want to sit in front of an 11-inch iPad for 8 hours a day). Maybe the answer is just that most people don't care as much as nerds on HN do.
- dylan604 6y ago
  I used to think this way as well, as for me, the phone is just a thing that's somewhat useful but definitely not my main compute device. Within the past couple of years though I have seen where the smart phone is the only compute device a person (family) may have. No internet connection at home, so data is only available via phone. I was shocked at how prevalent this actually is.
musicale 6y ago
Wait they are killing Pythonista and Scriptable? ;-(

by swiley 6y ago

kevincox 6y ago

It looks like they haven't stopped. They just are continuing to enforce it as they please. Maybe they should just remove the app store guidelines completely and replace it with "Apple will allow apps that it finds beneficial to its interests."

judge2020 6y ago

> I honestly can't imagine going back to having the list of approved software for one of my most important computers dictated by a publicly traded company. I'm shocked other people tolerate it! Because it isn't the most important computer for many (probably most) people - it's their phone/entertainment device and it does what they want; any semblance of it being a general purpose computer was never there.

machello13 6y ago
Plenty of people have iPhones or iPads and use them as general-purpose computers. If they don't, it's mostly for ergonomic reasons than software restrictions (most people probably don't want to sit in front of an 11-inch iPad for 8 hours a day). Maybe the answer is just that most people don't care as much as nerds on HN do.
dylan604 6y ago
I used to think this way as well, as for me, the phone is just a thing that's somewhat useful but definitely not my main compute device. Within the past couple of years though I have seen where the smart phone is the only compute device a person (family) may have. No internet connection at home, so data is only available via phone. I was shocked at how prevalent this actually is.

musicale 6y ago

Wait they are killing Pythonista and Scriptable? ;-(