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About a decade ago, I got an iPod Touch, on the basis that it would be a portable computer that I could hack around with. Instead I find that it was entirely l

About a decade ago, I got an iPod Touch, on the basis that it would be a portable computer that I could hack around with. Instead I find that it was entirely locked down, and required permission to install any software. Heck, even the developers kit required a $100 license fee, which was outside of my hobbyist budget at the time. For my own device. The phone ecosystem has already gone to hell, and Apple paved the way there.

djxfade 6y ago
You absolutely don't need to pay the $100 license fee to develop for iOS. That fee is just required for distribution
- joking 6y ago
  and to receive push notifications...
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    And use certain APIs, like loading fonts…
    - djxfade 6y ago
      You certainly are able to load fonts on a self signed app, don't know where you got that information from.
      - saagarjha 6y ago
        We got a pull request from someone to enable the fonts entitlement, except they couldn't test it because it costed them money to do so. You can see so yourself here: https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/dev21218dfd6 https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/dev21218dfd6
        djxfade 6y ago
        That is a permission to install a font system wide, not the same thing
        saagarjha 6y ago
        No, it isn't. To be able to access certain user-provided fonts, you need that entitlement.
  - djxfade 6y ago
    Push notifications on iOS are delivered through Apple's servers, so that makes sense.