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As a developer - I don't understand how any developer still holds Apple in good faith. Literally every step they have taken over the last 8 years has been mise
by horsawlarway 5y ago
As a developer - I don't understand how any developer still holds Apple in good faith.
Literally every step they have taken over the last 8 years has been miserable for independent developers trying to release products on Apple devices.
- Random API shutoff and access changes
- Documentation used to be okayish, is now mostly trash
- Absolutely hostile to virtualization for device testing and deployment pipelines
- Forced payments, tied hands for external payments
- Forced integration of Apple specific features (sign-ups as an example)
- A clear habit of copying successful apps, recreating a mediocre in-house version, then bumping you WAY down below the "Apple" version of your app in the store
And I'm not even talking about the store fees, which in my opinion amount to extortion since they prohibit any other installation method.
I can vaguely understand why some users like Apple, since they market very well.
But as a dev - Apple is literally the fucking devil. They will screw you over at every turn, often with nothing but automated responses, and have a complete disregard for you, your users, and your products.
I wish them a FUCKING HARD fall from grace here. Apple is not a nice company. Apple is a fucking mob extortionist with a great PR story.