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Developers and consumers really need to rise up against walled gardens in computing. Sadly we have a whole generation of young people who don't even know what

• ben_w 5y ago
  Even inside a mobile browser’s sandbox, JavaScript gives me way more for free today than Metrowerks CodeWarrior Learning Edition gave me for ten weeks of pocket money back in the late 90s. I’m not a fan of Apple’s puritanism, but I really don’t think people are missing out in the way you do.
  • badsectoracula 5y ago
    The problem with this is that while it gives you freedom as a developer, it takes a ton of freedom away from the user who has practically zero control over where and how to use your application or even which version of your application to use (some people may prefer to stick with an older version even if they lose support or whatever because they don't like later changes - this is something people often do with native/desktop apps, but it is impossible to do with web apps) - and that is the minimum of issues, without entering into accessing data, etc.
    • aabbcc1241 5y ago
      A browser that downloads and displays the web pages, without automatic updates may be a good idea. When a file is updated remotely, the browser may notice the user of update, but let the user to decide to display which version.