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Apple and Google are extracting so much wealth from the people who use and develop smartphone software it is insane. I am continuously shocked at how supportiv
by andrewmutz 3y ago
Apple and Google are extracting so much wealth from the people who use and develop smartphone software it is insane.
I am continuously shocked at how supportive the HN community is of Apple collecting these tolls.
- geodel 3y agoMaybe its time to leave the community then.
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- chii 3y agoThese platforms were created to be tolled. What should be surprising is that developers willingly submit themselves to be tolled. Of course, the web platform is "worse" since it cannot utilize native capabilities until the mobile OS's support it via the browser, but it's toll free. As a user, that would've been my preference, not native apps.
- andrewmutz 3y agoSurprising, isn't it, that Apple has been dragging their feet on PWA support for 10 years? Meanwhile they get a fat cut of every new smartphone product because "users just prefer mobile apps to mobile web'