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The iPhone may be a supercomputer as of 10 years ago, but I hate how restrictive it is. I can’t build an app on the iPhone, deploy and share it with others. Ou
by nojvek 6y ago
The iPhone may be a supercomputer as of 10 years ago, but I hate how restrictive it is. I can’t build an app on the iPhone, deploy and share it with others.
Our devices have made us excessive consumers instead of producers.
- Zanni 6y agoI have the exact opposite impression. A few months ago I was directing a stage play, planning to shoot it with a high-end camera and stream it to YouTube via OBS. But I ran into two problems. First, I couldn't get a live feed from my camera. Second, the internet bandwidth at the theatre wasn't sufficient to support a hi-def stream. I ended up solving both problems with my iPhone, shooting the show with FiLMiC Pro, using OBS Camera to send the live feed to a laptop running OBS and finally using my phone as a hotspot for the laptop to stream the show to YouTube. In a pinch, I could have eliminated the laptop from the setup entirely. The iPhone is a goddamn pocket miracle. Yes, it's restricted as a development platform, but it has put incredible content creation tools into the hands of millions of people. And, yes, there are more consumers than producers (and always will be), but there are so very many producers out there now. Look at TikTok and Instagram (and before Instagram, Flickr).
- OldHand2018 6y agoMeh, you’re complaining about distributing pre-built binaries to random people around the world. Yes, Apple restricts that. They do not meaningfully restrict deploying code that you build yourself on phones you control yourself. You could certainly build a supercomputer out of iPhones, if you wanted (which would be interesting).