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This will all blow over in a week. But once the control is lost, it’s gone forever.

j_maffe 3y ago
Apple is losing control though. No company should have this level of control over a market.
TillE 3y ago
Developer grievances about Apple have been simmering for years, and even longtime Apple fans aren't happy about what's been going on lately. This is not a smart path to follow. They need enthusiastic small developers to help build the Vision Pro ecosystem, and so far it doesn't seem to be going that well.
- xw390111 3y ago
  If developer grievances about Apple have been simmering for years, perhaps they can simmer longer. Apple will make the change that they're forced to make. Developers aren't forcing anything at the moment, but what exactly are they being forced to do by the EU? That's what's being learned. As a long time Apple fan myself I'm certain, Apple fans have never been happy. :)
- throwaway290 3y ago
  Enthusiastic small developers existed while there was a profitable market. Third party app stores allow piracy and make being a small developer much tougher, I doubt there will be much enthusiasm going ahead What is happening seems to benefit mostly massive competitors like Epic or Amazon.
- freedomben 3y ago
  The grievances have been simmering, but anecdotally at least I haven't known a single developer who is unhappy about it enough to actually switch. Also programming languages/frameworks/platforms are highly sticky. Apple was very smart to make their language/framework non-cross platform (generally speaking. By that I mean, try finding jobs doing Android or even web development in Objective C or Swift. I know it's possible but it's not very practical) and unique to their system. At the end of the day, developers are users first and foremost, and as users they are thrilled with Apple. Things would have to get pretty damn bad before Apple would need to worry about losing developers.

Apple is losing control though. No company should have this level of control over a market.

Developer grievances about Apple have been simmering for years, and even longtime Apple fans aren't happy about what's been going on lately. This is not a smart path to follow. They need enthusiastic small developers to help build the Vision Pro ecosystem, and so far it doesn't seem to be going that well.

xw390111 3y ago
If developer grievances about Apple have been simmering for years, perhaps they can simmer longer. Apple will make the change that they're forced to make. Developers aren't forcing anything at the moment, but what exactly are they being forced to do by the EU? That's what's being learned. As a long time Apple fan myself I'm certain, Apple fans have never been happy. :)
throwaway290 3y ago
Enthusiastic small developers existed while there was a profitable market. Third party app stores allow piracy and make being a small developer much tougher, I doubt there will be much enthusiasm going ahead What is happening seems to benefit mostly massive competitors like Epic or Amazon.
freedomben 3y ago
The grievances have been simmering, but anecdotally at least I haven't known a single developer who is unhappy about it enough to actually switch. Also programming languages/frameworks/platforms are highly sticky. Apple was very smart to make their language/framework non-cross platform (generally speaking. By that I mean, try finding jobs doing Android or even web development in Objective C or Swift. I know it's possible but it's not very practical) and unique to their system. At the end of the day, developers are users first and foremost, and as users they are thrilled with Apple. Things would have to get pretty damn bad before Apple would need to worry about losing developers.