Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
by romanoderoma on Saturday August 29, 2020 @02:05PM
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> They could very well not use it.
No, they can't or they would have done it already
> I’ve chosen not to develop (or learn how) iOS native apps
I've chosen to skip writing mobile apps entirely, that doesn't mean that the company I work for can ignore their users on iOS hence they can't ignore Apple store policies
> Most of the features I might choose to use PWA abilities for can be implemented in other ways.
That's the problem
When the actor that controls 50% of the market doesn't fully implement some standard to drive adoption of their closed platform, development becomes more costly
And it reflects on both development time and price for the end user
No, they can't or they would have done it already
> I’ve chosen not to develop (or learn how) iOS native apps
I've chosen to skip writing mobile apps entirely, that doesn't mean that the company I work for can ignore their users on iOS hence they can't ignore Apple store policies
> Most of the features I might choose to use PWA abilities for can be implemented in other ways.
That's the problem
When the actor that controls 50% of the market doesn't fully implement some standard to drive adoption of their closed platform, development becomes more costly
And it reflects on both development time and price for the end user