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They would've immediately halted cross-platform support or at least severely limited it due to institutional/organizational issues. Any 1Password subscriber not

by raydev 5y ago

They would've immediately halted cross-platform support or at least severely limited it due to institutional/organizational issues. Any 1Password subscriber not using an iPhone would soon be unhappy.

theturtletalks 5y ago
Although this could happen, I think it’s unlikely. Apple knows it’s a services company as much as a hardware company now. If you look at their existing services, they are not excluding non-Apple users. - Apple Music has a web UI and Android app - FaceTime recently added 3rd party links allowing non-Apple users to join calls - Keychain is being made compatible with Windows Chrome It’s clear from raising this much money that 1P owners are doing a “private IPO” or adding more products and features. If it’s a cash out, wouldn’t you want a privacy focused company to buy it instead of VCs funding it and expecting a return? If they are building new features and products, Apple buying it could bankroll that and temper price spikes.
- raydev 5y ago
  > Apple Music has a web UI and Android app This is exactly what I'm referring to. I put up with Apple's website for more than a year as my primary casual-use computer became a Windows PC. I work on iOS apps for a living. App Store Connect has always been terrible. Bugs linger for years. Elements continue to break in unexpected ways. The place where developers receive feedback from Apple is still hard to find even though it's immensely important. The website received a major redesign a few years ago and the bugs were still there! Now apply that lack of care to a music website. Being forced to login daily. Asked to perform 2FA daily, so I need to keep my iPhone near me if I expect to play music. Songs inexplicably not playing, if play fails repeatedly, maybe a page refresh will work. Songs inexplicably only playing previews, forcing you to log out and log back in. Zero effort to restore your previous searches. Apple makes attempts at providing services on the web. But for those of us attempting to use those services, the experience varies from subpar to outright hostile. > Keychain is being made compatible with Windows Chrome Again, see how people review this in this very thread. --- Simply providing the service does not mean it's good. That's what I mean by "institutional" and "organizational". They half- or quarter-ass what they ship, and then they leave it to rot.

by raydev 5y ago

They would've immediately halted cross-platform support or at least severely limited it due to institutional/organizational issues. Any 1Password subscriber not using an iPhone would soon be unhappy.

theturtletalks 5y ago

Although this could happen, I think it’s unlikely. Apple knows it’s a services company as much as a hardware company now. If you look at their existing services, they are not excluding non-Apple users. - Apple Music has a web UI and Android app - FaceTime recently added 3rd party links allowing non-Apple users to join calls - Keychain is being made compatible with Windows Chrome It’s clear from raising this much money that 1P owners are doing a “private IPO” or adding more products and features. If it’s a cash out, wouldn’t you want a privacy focused company to buy it instead of VCs funding it and expecting a return? If they are building new features and products, Apple buying it could bankroll that and temper price spikes.

raydev 5y ago
> Apple Music has a web UI and Android app This is exactly what I'm referring to. I put up with Apple's website for more than a year as my primary casual-use computer became a Windows PC. I work on iOS apps for a living. App Store Connect has always been terrible. Bugs linger for years. Elements continue to break in unexpected ways. The place where developers receive feedback from Apple is still hard to find even though it's immensely important. The website received a major redesign a few years ago and the bugs were still there! Now apply that lack of care to a music website. Being forced to login daily. Asked to perform 2FA daily, so I need to keep my iPhone near me if I expect to play music. Songs inexplicably not playing, if play fails repeatedly, maybe a page refresh will work. Songs inexplicably only playing previews, forcing you to log out and log back in. Zero effort to restore your previous searches. Apple makes attempts at providing services on the web. But for those of us attempting to use those services, the experience varies from subpar to outright hostile. > Keychain is being made compatible with Windows Chrome Again, see how people review this in this very thread. --- Simply providing the service does not mean it's good. That's what I mean by "institutional" and "organizational". They half- or quarter-ass what they ship, and then they leave it to rot.