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The sibling and you are entitled to this preference, but I don’t see anything philosophical about it. The job of the computer is to serve the end user. The job
by newtritious 4y ago
The sibling and you are entitled to this preference, but I don’t see anything philosophical about it.
The job of the computer is to serve the end user. The job of the OS is to manage the computer’s resources on the users behalf.
API stability can contribute to that goal, but this is not an absolute.
Apple balances their view of what is good for users over what is good for developers and themselves.
Your preference is to prioritize developer comfort over both end users and Apple.
- kcb 4y agoBeing able to continue using an older not actively maintained app they still want to use is pretty good for the end user...
- newtritious 4y agoMaybe a tiny minority of end users, where the breaking changes benefit everyone else.
- int_19h 4y agoNew features in the API indirectly benefit the end users (once apps start using them). But those new features don't have to be breaking, and that part doesn't help the users at all. It does help Apple spend less resources on maintenance, though.
- newtritious 4y agoChanges to old features also benefit the end users, and they do have to be breaking in a significant number of cases. If you think there are no insecure or inefficient APIs in older versions of operating systems, then you are simply wrong.