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> Add to that that it's a closed source IDE for an open platform, and my intuition sides with Google here. If I can't ship my closed source IDE on the platform
by throwawayffffas 6y ago
> Add to that that it's a closed source IDE for an open platform, and my intuition sides with Google here.
If I can't ship my closed source IDE on the platform is the platform really open?
> My guess is that when details come out it will turn out that at-least-plausibly harmful Droidscript garbage was being pushed to users and Google decided to kill it.
Of course they will say it was because x, y, and z were done to protect the users. But is it really for the users' benefit or just about control over their walled garden?
- ajross 6y ago> If I can't ship my closed source IDE on the platform is the platform really open? For clarity: the Play Store is not an open platform. The Android API being exposed by Droidscript very much is.
- throwawayffffas 6y agoFair, I misinterpreted what you were saying.
- numpad0 6y agoSounds like effective lack of means of production available inside the platform is fundamental to sustainable platform...