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That depends on how creative you are. They could sell support for their SDK, exploit network effects, gain exposure and developer mindshare, or, you know, just
by tinus_hn 6y ago
That depends on how creative you are. They could sell support for their SDK, exploit network effects, gain exposure and developer mindshare, or, you know, just provide something to the community for free with no strings attached.
- simonh 6y agoNone of that changes the fact of how they use these SDKs are intended to get value at the moment.
- tinus_hn 6y agoLet me predict Apples answer to that for you. They don’t care. They don’t have to care. They don’t care. If you are hurt by this decision, you can either change or give up. You can complain on web forums and try to convince other developers but the fact is that you are a force against one of Apples core values, user privacy. They have barely anything to gain from you and one of their core values to lose. You’d need some serious leverage to make them care and you don’t have it. And even if you had, Apple would simply build their own framework and use their control over the platform, the tools, the stores and the rules to completely crush you. And if you imagine you have an antitrust case, it will take years and you will probably lose.