Why would any developer even want to release their app in walled garden when they can do whatever they want by releasing elsewhere?
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
by pinopinopino on Saturday May 23, 2020 @05:00AM
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Analogue question in the linux world: Why would anyone get something in the debian package repository, when they can just release their package on their website?
Because it gets added support, a bigger reach and a safer and easier installation for users?
There are special people: maintainers. They collect software from the world and package them for Debian. They often are different from original developers. Original developers might not even know that their software was repackaged. It's possible because of free software licenses. Apple can't do that even if they would want: proprietary software typically does not allow redistribution.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
by pinopinopino on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:31AM
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Good point, it wouldn't work that way with proprietary software.
Usually on the walled garden they get paid.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
by colejohnson66 on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:04PM
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On macOS, they do. On a phone, if you want to side load, there’s the option of Android.
It’s an authoritarian usurpation of the spirit of property rights. I should be able to decide for myself what software to run on my hardware, Apple HQ’s opinion should be irrelevant.