Re:iOS 11 reviewed
by madeofpalk on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:53PM
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> allowing apps instead of web apps
For what it's worth, people who worked on the original iPhone have said that internally Apple knew that 'web apps' were always a stopgap until they could get a native SDK out the door. Time constraints preventing them from shipping one in the first year.
I'm sure Don Melton and/or Nitin Ganatra discussed this on Debug podcast a few years back https://www.imore.com/60-melton-ganatra-episode-iii-shipping...
Not mention allowing non-Xcode apps (e.g. Flash + JavaScript) in the app store. This reversal happened even after Jobs' open letter "Thoughts on Flash" [0]. IMO, it's their biggest reversal in the iPhone era [1].
[0] https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ (April 2010)
[1] https://www.wired.com/2010/09/apple-lifts-app-store-flash-ba... (September 2010)
Apple has reversed several business decisions. Error 53, in app purchase gouging through developer fees, allowing apps instead of web apps (after realizing the iphone was pretty useless without apps), allowing bitcoin apps, etc etc.
>I find it hilarious that every time Apple does anything like this, people complain and Apple still sets record sales.
I hope you are not so naive to think that buying a product implies people like every single feature/change. Also, I don't quite see the hilariousness in a company ignoring valid complaints.