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> Some features will appear first on our Android app, and then eventually we’ll add them to the iOS app. This is because the majority of our development team us
by manmal 2y ago
> Some features will appear first on our Android app, and then eventually we’ll add them to the iOS app. This is because the majority of our development team uses Android phones, and generally we’re building things for ourselves, so naturally Android comes first.
Up to that paragraph I sympathized. Sometimes it does feel like Apple doesn’t care one bit about me, an iOS developer. But, as a user, I really don’t care what phones the devs use. I use an iPhone and now I feel like I‘d be a second class citizen because of this paragraph. Not because Apple’s restrictions are unnecessarily bad, but because the devs just care less. I guess I‘d go for an Apple Watch instead.
(Was a first gen Pebble owner btw)
- bhelkey 2y agoApple creates significant roadblocks for 3rd party accessories. Android does not. Is it really surprising that developers who love building third party accessories would choose Android?
- manmal 2y agoThey chose to make an iOS app though, and, it seems to be a second class citizen.
- bhelkey 2y agoThe US Department of Justice is currently suing Apple for this exact reason [1]. They claim that Apple imposes restrictions on every non-Apple watch. Users then prefer the Apple Watch not because Apple made it better but because Apple made all other watches worse. If you are frustrated that Pebble takes longer to develop around artificial restrictions, I would direct those frustrations at the company creating the restrictions not at Pebble. [1] https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-s...
- manmal 2y agoHave you even read my original comment? I‘m criticizing their internal stance towards the iOS platform, and not the feature set.