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“The Appstore wasn't obvious for Apple, and it was only after developer backlash that they changed their tune.“ This is not “remembering history correctly” at
by imwillofficial 5y ago
“The Appstore wasn't obvious for Apple, and it was only after developer backlash that they changed their tune.“
This is not “remembering history correctly” at all.
Apple didn’t have an SDK ready, and tried to sell the shit sandwich of Web Apps as a stopgap.
- LouisSayers 5y ago>Apple didn’t have an SDK ready, and tried to sell the shit sandwich of Web Apps as a stopgap. And how exactly do you know that it always was their intent to make an SDK for third party developers? From https://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-iphone-no-third-party-native-apps/ https://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-... "The App Store came later and apparently as a reaction to jailbreakers and developer backlash."
- imwillofficial 5y agoThat’s an editorial, and they floated the eventual App Store idea in dev talks early on.