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10 years ago if you had pitched this idea to Steve Jobs, he might have embraced it and pushed for a cross-platform app container standard that can run productiv
by blueblisters 6y ago
10 years ago if you had pitched this idea to Steve Jobs, he might have embraced it and pushed for a cross-platform app container standard that can run productivity apps, games and more. Perhaps we would have been living in a world where Apple does not take a 30% cut from all sales happening on the iPhone.
- kortilla 6y ago> Perhaps we would have been living in a world where Apple does not take a 30% cut from all sales happening on the iPhone. We already do. Apple doesn’t take a cut of things you purchase in the browser. Nor do they take a cut of in-app purchases when it’s not consumed on the device for that matter.
- nwienert 6y agoAnd in turn they cripple the web on their devices so they can’t compete with apps.
- robgibbons 6y agoThis is by far my biggest gripe with Apple. Almost everything else they do can be justified by some mental gymnastics, but their suppression of the web on iOS is something I can't forgive. The size of their user base demands that we don't ignore Safari when developing sites, but they simultaneously refuse to support modern standards. They are literally holding back the web.
- bbatha 6y agoAnd yet many of us prefer safari because of its incredible battery life and low overhead. The safari is the new ie meme is seriously overblown and only affects app developers trying to use the absolutely newest features and is more tied to safaris year long release cadence than actual malice. Not that there arent a few notable exceptions to apis that should have been implemented long ago.
- nwienert 6y agoI actually agree with you, I love Safari and agree the IE comparison is wack. But that doesn't mean they aren't dragging their feet in other areas.