sinnoh

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by sinnoh 8y ago
boy, that kind of "deep regulation" into UX design from a single arbitrary company should be illegal regardless. people bought apple hardware and the operating system, not voted them the unilateral governing body on consumer choic
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by sinnoh 8y ago
the fact that I, a software developer by trade, can't install or run any code on an ios device without running something by apple first. that's like tesla releasing a car saying if you are a lawyer who wants to drive it you have t
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by sinnoh 8y ago
because people have had a longer amount of time to understand food. hang in there, my friend :)
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by sinnoh 8y ago
they'll argue that they already have this while blissfully ignoring the fact that they've made its barrier to entry on their platform artificially high.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
it has been "this will" and not "this does" for the better part of a decade, I think it's time for people to realize that theory and practice are two very different things and the first does not vindicate the second
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by sinnoh 8y ago
incorrect. phone choices are inelastic. users do not drop phones and switch to a competing platform because they cannot install an app, it's the other way around. besides, with that logic you have no guarantee against ALL platforms bec
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by sinnoh 8y ago
Seriously, I thought I had a handle on the worst apple's done and this surprised me.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
no reason not to go after both. "Two wrongs" and all.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
and phones have [some fraction] marketshare on overall devices people buy, what's your point? the argument is markets within the ios ecosystem, of which there's effectively one, and how it affects developers' ability to build
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by sinnoh 8y ago
you're comparing different markets. that's like saying Earth has 1/8th the marketshare on planets therefore nothing that happens here can be called monopolistic.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
as long as apple gets their 100/dev/year + 30%, that is.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
it theoretically would be fine to dev for apple, if they added proper progressive web app support (or gave users the tools to build this out themselves) but of course that would hurt their interests by introducing competing (even if inferio
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by sinnoh 8y ago
that's like saying it's impossible to have a monopoly in a country because you can just move countries.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
when the store also controls the ordinance it lives in and makes shoppers approve several big red "THIS STORE IS UNSAFE" banners if they even think of shopping anywhere else, then yes, that store having a monopoly over its shelves
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by sinnoh 8y ago
no one is arguing it has a monopoly on mobile phones, the argument is and has always been that they have a monopoly on the ios software ecosystem they've built.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
really the entire concept of a 'store' has been bastardized by these companies (another thing we can thank apple for) and is a misdirect. the locked down software platforms wherein users can't install anything on their own de
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by sinnoh 8y ago
"their" platform. nominally you can install whatever you want using profiles, but effectively having to do so is an artificially high barrier to entry for competing app stores (not to mention you have to pay apple $100/year f
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by sinnoh 8y ago
no one said you can only keep one copy of anything you own.
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by sinnoh 8y ago
Did you read those links? He said to delete the data, not just the accounts.
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by sinnoh 9y ago
Point one: Sure it is. Those offices you describe? Look at how many of them are focused on things that require creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. A functioning ADHD individual could be a good writer or ad exec, or any number of other h
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by sinnoh 9y ago
I'll volunteer (will email later). I don't have an android phone but will happily pick one up if this ends up being something I can/should use (been meaning to switch anyways).
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by sinnoh 9y ago
too
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by sinnoh 9y ago
> Democracy is supposed to be more involved than* showing up every 4-5 years Which biases democracy into "Rule by the people who can show up more often than once every 4-5 years and keep up professionally with developments in the me
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by sinnoh 9y ago
There are few secrets on the world stage. Pretending like your country doesn't have issues makes you sound either foolish or brainwashed. Not so much "the American standard" as it is basic logic.
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by sinnoh 9y ago
When one person makes a concession it's good business. When millions of users make a concession it's bad design.
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by sinnoh 9y ago
> This is how I feel about our democratic process. Oh it's applicable anywhere humans interact in modelled systems. It happens in writing too - some team might be in a creative mindset and write some funny or brilliant work; a subse