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I pay more for iPhones partially because the ecosystem is not yet fully crapped up with C++ programs with bad UIs, and I think Apple would argue this point too.

by jolux 6y ago

I pay more for iPhones partially because the ecosystem is not yet fully crapped up with C++ programs with bad UIs, and I think Apple would argue this point too. You’re fully allowed to draw your UI with Metal though, and MoltenVK supports iOS. Many iOS games use almost no platform UI components.

kevingadd 6y ago
Sure, but the argument becomes circular, doesn't it? They deserve X% because you use their APIs, and they force you to use their APIs. Congratulations? If it's so expensive to develop/maintain those APIs that they can't afford to part with them for less than 30%+cost of hardware, maybe they shouldn't require you to use them?
- jolux 6y ago
  You’re not required to use them though, as I just explained. What you can’t do is write to memory and then execute it, because that’s a security risk.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    That's not a security risk, it's a "makes App Review potentially pointless" risk.
    - jolux 6y ago
      How is it not a security risk?
      - saagarjha 6y ago
        How is it one? It’s not like the ability to JIT magically lifts the platform sandbox.