Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets

Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by coldcode on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:49PM (#17267926)

At our company (in one of the largest companies in the US) all of our employee related tools are iOS devices. So cross platform is unnecessary. It's not like we standardized on Palm or Windows Phone, Apple is not going anywhere and neither are we.

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Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by Yoric on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:57PM (#17269625)

Well, Apple has demonstrated more than once that they are willing to U-Turn and entirely drop core technologies. By opposition, Linuxen and Microsoft try very hard to avoid breaking applications.

So, while Apple is not going anywhere, whichever technologies you're using to build your iOS apps might.

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Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by orbitur on Saturday June 09, 2018 @02:03PM (#17274160)

Apple hasn't given any examples of removing APIs without a deprecation lasting at least a few years... on iOS.

If it's deprecated on macOS, it's going to be around for a lot longer. They can certainly make things hellish for users trying to install your kext, but the APIs will still be there.

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Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by pram on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:22PM (#17271162)

Microsoft intentionally broke compatibility with every major release of Windows Phone though, and then ultimately killed the entire platform?

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Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by Yoric on Saturday June 09, 2018 @02:35AM (#17271839)

Ah? I wasn't aware of that. Still, that doesn't mean that Apple won't :)

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Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets by saagarjha on Saturday June 09, 2018 @04:03AM (#17272041)

Kill the entire platform?

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