Re:I can't stand developing for Safari anymore
by nimih on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:24PM
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Why in the world would you want to run Unreal Engine, Netflix, or Spotify in a browser on your phone, a platform which is notable for being constrained in memory, processing power, and battery life? My original comment was a little glib, but if Apple's evil plan /really is/ to twist peoples' arms into not making software engineering decisions that are prima facie ridiculous, then more power to them tbh.
Re:I can't stand developing for Safari anymore
by jbverschoor on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:45AM
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Then don’t buy an iPhone, and don’t develop for it.
Create the BEST Android and Linux desktop experience you can.
Re:I can't stand developing for Safari anymore
by wayneftw on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:20AM
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...as if developers are building things solely for themselves.
Re:I can't stand developing for Safari anymore
by echelon on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:25AM
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Great, so ignore half of US consumers?
Apple are totalitarian assholes taking advantage of their market position. They've redefined computing as a "protected" function. (Read: protection = regulated and taxed)
I really wish it had been Microsoft that won instead. You'd all be complaining just like me.
Apple are a bunch of crooks that want everything to be in the App Store so that they can control it and twist these other companies' arms. (Yours too, if you're an indie developer or startup.)
Apple gaslighted us into thinking this is okay, meanwhile we bleed money sitting in their stupid walled garden jail. (I'm sick and tired of people caring about what's good for Apple. They have more money than God, and they don't need our welfare. Especially not while they're breaking our backs.)
A nice step towards a better web would be to require that Apple allow non-Safari browsers on iPhone.