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Re. 1 and 2, what exactly are Apple and Microsoft doing to their desktop OS to accomplish that? I'm not seeing any evidence of that happening at all.
by Zr40 14y ago
Re. 1 and 2, what exactly are Apple and Microsoft doing to their desktop OS to accomplish that? I'm not seeing any evidence of that happening at all.
- fpgeek 14y agoBoth desktop OSes are moving in the direction of the mobile ones (app stores, signed code, sandboxes, etc.). For the moment, there are escape hatches, but they are already disfavored alternatives (no promotion, no access to some new APIs, etc.) and, given past behavior, I wouldn't count on the escape hatches remaining open forever.
- sp332 14y agoOn OSX, your program won't be allowed to use certain APIs unless you limit your program in other ways and get Apple's explicit approval and give Apple 30% of your gross revenue. e.g. http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/01/25/pdfpen-and-icloud/ http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/01/25/pdfpen-and-icloud/
- Zr40 14y agoTrue, but those APIs were never available without those kinds of restrictions.