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> I should be thankful they don’t make me pay a yearly developer fee for making python apps on my Macbook. Apple exec scribbles furiously
by JasonFruit 4y ago
> I should be thankful they don’t make me pay a yearly developer fee for making python apps on my Macbook.
Apple exec scribbles furiously
- mywittyname 4y agoI doubt we are far from this. From what I've seen, a lot of startup are Mac-only - with the local dev stack and built system being built specifically for OSX. It's only a matter of time before vendor lock-in become so strong that companies would pay another four-figure a year fee to unlock development on OSX. Apple could sell the security angle on this too.
- latexr 4y ago> I doubt we are far from this. I do doubt it. Apple has specifically been removing language runtime environments but doesn’t stop you from installing them. And as far as I know they’re on good terms with (at least) Homebrew. Stopping you from running Python—which they ship to /usr/bin/python3 as part of the free Developer Tools—would have consequences on your other binaries. I was positively surprised when Shortcuts for macOS shipped with specific support for AppleScript and other language runtime environments. I was convinced they would just not do it as the feature is not available on Shortcuts for iOS and that they’d use that as a way to add another nail in AppleScript’s coffin. The fact they did ship the feature commits them to support it. Maybe not forever, but removing it would require a non-immediate deprecation.