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Stockholm syndrome with a hint of masochism. App developers seem to stick with apple regardless of what they are being subjected to.

CamperBob2 3y ago
When the bank robbers share their loot with the hostages, Stockholm Syndrome can't be too surprising.
latexr 3y ago
> App developers seem to stick with apple regardless of what they are being subjected to. Because the alternatives aren’t preferable. The indies who have been exclusively using and developing for Apple platforms for years know that Windows and Linux aren’t better¹, just a different set of annoying trade offs. Apple platforms aren’t perfect, but they are the least bad option in that context. They also used to be better in many regards, which makes the situation frustrating due to the wasted potential. ¹ At a personal preference level. There’s no judgement either way, you do you and use whatever you like best.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  For my money, the thing that stops me from dailying a Mac again is the amount of trust Apple demands from you nowadays. Older Macs are really cozy, even up through Yosemite in my opinion. After a certain point though, you could feel the focus shift from onboard utility to metered service. iTunes became Apple Music, the black "AppleTV" logo popped up on my dock, and iCloud pitched a tent in my Settings menu to beg for change. None of this really appeals to me; it's engineered to make the common user happy for a nominal fee, but to everyone else it's just annoying. Little UX warts like that popped up all over MacOS, and it really started to evoke those "Windows 8 Armageddon" vibes I felt a while back. For Apple to correct course, they should ditch the ads and focus on superpowering MacOS and iOS. Right now it's hard for me to trust that Apple is giving me the best of all worlds.
realusername 3y ago
It's the same with users as well, the keyboard of my iPhone's wife is freezing randomly during 3s but she still puts up with it and will not say a word against it. I gave up on mine personally after the app installs were impossible due to some modal error in loops. I'm not sure how they managed to do it but they are very strong on the marketing side, I'll admit that.

CamperBob2 3y ago

When the bank robbers share their loot with the hostages, Stockholm Syndrome can't be too surprising.

latexr 3y ago

> App developers seem to stick with apple regardless of what they are being subjected to. Because the alternatives aren’t preferable. The indies who have been exclusively using and developing for Apple platforms for years know that Windows and Linux aren’t better¹, just a different set of annoying trade offs. Apple platforms aren’t perfect, but they are the least bad option in that context. They also used to be better in many regards, which makes the situation frustrating due to the wasted potential. ¹ At a personal preference level. There’s no judgement either way, you do you and use whatever you like best.

smoldesu 3y ago
For my money, the thing that stops me from dailying a Mac again is the amount of trust Apple demands from you nowadays. Older Macs are really cozy, even up through Yosemite in my opinion. After a certain point though, you could feel the focus shift from onboard utility to metered service. iTunes became Apple Music, the black "AppleTV" logo popped up on my dock, and iCloud pitched a tent in my Settings menu to beg for change. None of this really appeals to me; it's engineered to make the common user happy for a nominal fee, but to everyone else it's just annoying. Little UX warts like that popped up all over MacOS, and it really started to evoke those "Windows 8 Armageddon" vibes I felt a while back. For Apple to correct course, they should ditch the ads and focus on superpowering MacOS and iOS. Right now it's hard for me to trust that Apple is giving me the best of all worlds.

realusername 3y ago

It's the same with users as well, the keyboard of my iPhone's wife is freezing randomly during 3s but she still puts up with it and will not say a word against it. I gave up on mine personally after the app installs were impossible due to some modal error in loops. I'm not sure how they managed to do it but they are very strong on the marketing side, I'll admit that.