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Well, for once I agree with Marco. But I find it a little strange coming from him - he seemed to care not much about it at all when making his apps exclusive to

by zmmmmm 13y ago

Well, for once I agree with Marco. But I find it a little strange coming from him - he seemed to care not much about it at all when making his apps exclusive to Apple's locked down, ultra closed platforms.

andycroll 13y ago
...and the web. Sure he didn't do an app for Android (until someone did for him) and is a bit snarky about it as a platform, but the web version of Instapaper existed before the app did and powered the whole thing. Plus 'The Magazine' has a significant web component (albeit a weird log in). His preference for iOS seems to be aesthetic and income related, but he's originally (and still) a PHP web guy.
- dasil003 13y ago
  > His preference for iOS seems to be aesthetic and income related I always thought of Marco's attitude about iOS as Windows PTSD.
- MBCook 13y ago
  > Plus 'The Magazine' has a significant web component (albeit a weird log in). He discussed that at some point, I think it might have been on Accidental Tech Podcast. As I remember the idea was that since The Magazine wasn't terribly important (security wise) he could avoid having to give people another username/password. He said it was something of an experiment and he probably wouldn't do it again. I think Casey and Siracusa both said they found it odd and confusing at first.
madeofpalk 13y ago
His apps are exclusive to the Apple platform? Instapaper has an open API, and The Magazine is available online.
- jimhart3000 13y ago
  I'm pretty sure Nursing Clock was an iOS exclusive.
  - MBCook 13y ago
    It was. But he built it for himself, and later pulled it due to (of all things) a patent troll.
bluthru 13y ago
The web is a different animal. We can have closed operating systems and hardware (gaming consoles, for example) coexist with the inherently open nature of the web.

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Well, for once I agree with Marco. But I find it a little strange coming from him - he seemed to care not much about it at all when making his apps exclusive to

by zmmmmm 13y ago

andycroll 13y ago
...and the web. Sure he didn't do an app for Android (until someone did for him) and is a bit snarky about it as a platform, but the web version of Instapaper existed before the app did and powered the whole thing. Plus 'The Magazine' has a significant web component (albeit a weird log in). His preference for iOS seems to be aesthetic and income related, but he's originally (and still) a PHP web guy.
- dasil003 13y ago
  > His preference for iOS seems to be aesthetic and income related I always thought of Marco's attitude about iOS as Windows PTSD.
- MBCook 13y ago
  > Plus 'The Magazine' has a significant web component (albeit a weird log in). He discussed that at some point, I think it might have been on Accidental Tech Podcast. As I remember the idea was that since The Magazine wasn't terribly important (security wise) he could avoid having to give people another username/password. He said it was something of an experiment and he probably wouldn't do it again. I think Casey and Siracusa both said they found it odd and confusing at first.
madeofpalk 13y ago
His apps are exclusive to the Apple platform? Instapaper has an open API, and The Magazine is available online.
- jimhart3000 13y ago
  I'm pretty sure Nursing Clock was an iOS exclusive.
  - MBCook 13y ago
    It was. But he built it for himself, and later pulled it due to (of all things) a patent troll.
bluthru 13y ago
The web is a different animal. We can have closed operating systems and hardware (gaming consoles, for example) coexist with the inherently open nature of the web.