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These app stores are stifling. They're injecting arbitrary non-functional nonsense and technical hurdles that just hold developers back. I'm not saying HTML/C
by EdSharkey 13y ago
These app stores are stifling. They're injecting arbitrary non-functional nonsense and technical hurdles that just hold developers back.
I'm not saying HTML/CSS/JS development is a panacea, it's all painful awkwardness with occasional sublime moments. But at least I am my own master when I deploy my apps to the Web.
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- WebAppsSuck 13y agoYet Im sure most of your web apps are shitty nonetheless
- chrisdevereux 13y agoI'm pretty sure the browser sandbox is more restrictive than the MAS one.
- coldtea 13y ago>They're injecting arbitrary non-functional nonsense and technical hurdles that just hold developers back. Arbitrary nonsense like a sandbox? Didn't we learn anything from when viruses were rampant in earlier OSs? >I'm not saying HTML/CSS/JS development is a panacea, it's all painful awkwardness with occasional sublime moments. But at least I am my own master when I deploy my apps to the Web. So the solution to the "arbitrary non-functional nonsense and technical hurdles" of the native App Stores is web development? As if that doesn't have tons of arbitrary non-functional nonsense and technical hurdles itself compared to native development...
- pjlegato 13y agoSandboxes are a good idea. The bizarre hoops that Apple makes you jump through to actually use your app's sandbox if you're not an Objective C programmer are not.
- coldtea 13y agoWell, it's not like they can have a sandbox for any arbitrary language, right? Doesn't it have to correspond to some ABI?
- jgalt212 13y agoMaybe so, but you're missing out on the big win with a proper App--the ability to invade users' privacy (read their address book, emails, SMSs, etc) basically at will.