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> Or perhaps Apple believes that developers are subhuman… From my three years of experience as a developer of iOS applications, this is the root cause. How th

• neilv 2y ago
  Coincidentally, looking for a trustworthy open source Web browser solution (I'm on a rampage this weekend, after Mozilla misalignment last straw), I just had to allude to what seemed like Apple's attitudes towards developers ranging from indifference to hostility, throughout the iOS developer experience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224305 (I'm sure there are some great people working on parts of Apple, and doing great work. But would they say that the holistic experience, as well as various business moves by Apple, are currently third-party developer-friendly? With the platform power Apple wields, and often heavy-handedly, I think that needs to be acknowledged.)
• tonyedgecombe 2y ago
  When you have millions of apps on the App Store it's easy to take developers for granted.