gumby271

10 ms·

211.
by gumby271 2y ago
And that's Apple's goal, isn't it? Make you do enough recurring work and add enough recurring cost to get you to add subscription pricing to your app, that's the most profitable for them. Make you constantly rebuild your
212.
by gumby271 2y ago
I guess my disconnect is that the computer that a person owns isn't the same as a store that Apple runs and can carefully curate that runs on that computer. Combining those into one thing strikes me as dangerous, with not much upside.
213.
by gumby271 2y ago
Maybe, but does that mean this app doesn't deserve to exist on user's computers if they so choose? Not sure why Apple has a say in that just because they have a massive advantage over every other dev on their platform.
214.
by gumby271 2y ago
I largely agree, especially when focused on consumer devices. Professionally I'm building a product built on top of AOSP, and it's been really nice to have a standard target and all the tooling that Android brings. It could be bet
215.
by gumby271 2y ago
Google's announcements around these things always scare me. So many references to Google Play and their own services, its hard to tell if this will be open like Android itself or some locked down appliance like the Vision Pro. Its no s
216.
by gumby271 2y ago
Wow they announced this back in May and it's still not available for me.
217.
by gumby271 2y ago
I'm curious how Android isn't that? What's missing that would classify most Android phones as general-purpose computers?
218.
by gumby271 2y ago
Don't they already have this for podcast subscriptions? I feel like this is a direct move to get more customers over to Apple Podcasts, which can now be 30% cheaper for customers.
219.
by gumby271 2y ago
The problem is that it's the only option across the OS. There's no reason this option couldn't exist with other options, built by the app developer so it cost Apple nothing.
220.
by gumby271 2y ago
But you can partner with a 3rd party to submit all that text to, and pretend your still privacy conscience? Pretty sure people would rather Apple build a first party server based option than partner with anyone else. When it's Apple vi
221.
by gumby271 2y ago
The vast majority of people complaining about Apple aren't Apple customers because they don't agree with Apple's business practices or treatment of customers, I don't think that's surprising or invalidates those opi
222.
by gumby271 2y ago
It works pretty well, and it's nice having full control of the smarts. My washer and dryer don't have a built in buzzer for some weird reason, so it's been a nice upgrade.
223.
by gumby271 2y ago
I put together an esp32 + accelerometer in a little 3d printed box. Made two sets and taped one of each on my washer and dryer, now they detect the start and end of a cycle and send me a notification through home assistant. The tablet in th
224.
by gumby271 3y ago
I'm not sure the nuance of technically not sending to Apple really matters when we talk about iOS. iOS is Apple's loyal servant, does it really matter if their control is exacted server or client side? That line is pretty blurry w
225.
by gumby271 3y ago
So more like recent trends of Apple and iOS specifically then? Where Apple first party apps are the go to option and the very thought of having to install a separate app is enough to keep people using the Apple solution. Sure there's a
226.
by gumby271 3y ago
Thank you!
227.
by gumby271 4y ago
> Uses AWS console in dark mode? I'm sorry, there's a dark mode for the console!?
228.
by gumby271 4y ago
That's very true, asynchronous isn't a fair way to describe things. But given a hint about their level of presence, what are you doing with that information? What can you do after sending the message you were already going to send
229.
by gumby271 4y ago
There's something about read indicators that always gets under my skin, and I'm not entirely why. Partly it's because it works against the idea that chat messages should be treated asynchronously, but It also feels kind of in