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> Everybody wants a platform but nobody wants to spend what it takes to make a platform. That's why Apple used open-source software to build a kernel. And why
by amelius 4mo ago
> Everybody wants a platform but nobody wants to spend what it takes to make a platform.
That's why Apple used open-source software to build a kernel.
And why they used third party developers to develop the ecosystem of applications.
- rjrjrjrj 4mo ago> And why they used third party developers to develop the ecosystem of applications. Isn't that the very definition of a platform?
- ClumsyPilot 4mo agoPlatform must be the most abused word ever Apparently, everyone is building the platform all the time, even when it’s just a user facing application
- Danox 3mo agoApple originally was gonna use the Internet for apps on the iPhone, but the third party developers convinced Apple otherwise?