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You have the choice to purchase something else, though. Why is it a problem that Apple sells a product which comes with restrictions and intentions? Silly argum
by Izmaki 5y ago
You have the choice to purchase something else, though. Why is it a problem that Apple sells a product which comes with restrictions and intentions? Silly argument.
- grishka 5y agoAs a developer, you don't have this choice. You have to support the devices that people already have. Which, for iOS, means inevitably playing by Apple's stupid rules.
- op00to 5y agoNo one is forcing you to be an app developer. Why not consider a nice career in mainframe software development?
- Izmaki 5y agoAs a developer, a DevOps engineer and a cybersecurity professional I very much indeed have this choice.
- codetrotter 5y agoYou’d still need to support iOS even if running other operating systems was possible on these devices. I don’t get what you mean.
- grishka 5y agoThere's nothing wrong with supporting iOS. What is wrong, however, is Apple's insistence on approving every single instruction iOS devices run, and this policy being realized in hardware. You bought the device. You gave Apple money, they gave you an iPhone. It's yours now, and it's no longer theirs. So why do they still retain any kind of control whatsoever over it? A new iPhone literally won't let you do anything before it gets an okay from the mothership. It should be illegal for hardware manufacturers to hardcode public keys and hostnames into devices such that the end user can't change them.
- abuzzooz 5y agoThen tell your customers that your product won’t be supported on their shiny Apple hardware and ask them to buy another hardware from a different manufacturer.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoYes I bought the device. Yes I have Apple money, they gave me an iPhone. It’s mine now, and it’s no longer theirs. > What is wrong, however, is Apple's insistence on approving every single instruction iOS devices run Why in the world would I trust any of the instructions YOU or ANYONE else have written? I as a customer don’t care if iOS app developers don’t make any money, sorry I already have all the apps I need and you’ll find other work. As such, I would be ok with iOS sideloading, but only for GPL software. Because otherwise, what other recourse do I as a customer have to trust YOUR instructions? I have tolerated arbitrary instructions on my desktop/ laptop for 20 years and consistently been bitten by it. There is a reason I no longer do anything important (barring work e.g. banking, email, etc) on my laptop.
- chadlavi 5y agoThese people are annoyed because they know all the other hardware is terrible. They want the good hardware but don't want the software that it comes with. Essentially they just wish Apple were a completely different company.
- driverdan 5y ago> These people are annoyed because they know all the other hardware is terrible. This is an untrue myth that Apple fanboys continue to push.