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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by andreareina on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @01:04AM (#24844889)
I disagree that it's reasonableness except in the short term. We're seeing a change in developers' opinions; my friends in video production were getting ready to ditch Apple due to their "professional" software and hardware products getting worse both in relative (hardware) and absolute (software) terms. Part of the Apple cachet is that these are professional tools; how long is their reputation going to hold up if those professionals leave the platform?

It's a touch of hubris to think that we are and will continue to be taste makers, certainly. Maybe Apple won't get burned by alienating this crowd. But it seems a risky strategy for dubious return.

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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by MagnumOpus on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @05:27AM (#24846130)
Both the tech-bro and the media production audience are now a rounding error of a rounding error for Apple. It is a consumer luxury brand first and foremost, and it derives 99% of net income from that. Catering to dorks in basements is a tiny legacy business and the support level for it is commensurate. (It probably actually only exists because Apple has its own share of dorks in basements.)
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:01PM (#24849094)
That's assuming nobody cares about the opinions of tech people when they're buying tech.

It's not just that tech people are customers, it's that ten other customers will look at what the tech people are carrying and assume they're the ones to know what's good.

And developers write code for the platform they actually use first. And spend time fixing the problems with that platform that are keeping other people from using it. Then more non-developers switch to it because it's improving.

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