Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store

Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store by scarface74 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:56PM (#21438335)

Who are you going to blame when applications start breaking because Apple removes or changes the functionality of a private function? [1] without warning?

When you are writing any software that has a public API you should feel no obligation to change the functionality or completely remove a private method without warning.

[1] I refuse to call it a private API. An API is public documentation of the inputs and expected behavior of a dependency. It should be a completely black box how that functionality is implemented.

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Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store by throwGuardian on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:14PM (#21438725)

Blame the developer? Which is why, when an app breaks on the Mac store or app store, users pound the app with 1-star reviews. Even if the breakage happened from a platform (iOS or MacOs or Android) bug.

This is not Apple "watching out" for the developers, no matter how much you spin it

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Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store by saagarjha on Monday November 04, 2019 @02:03AM (#21439513)

If enough applications break, users are more than likely to blame the "stupid Apple update" rather than their apps.

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Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store by simonh on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:40AM (#21440723)

It's Apple watching out for users.

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