Apple 'Surprised' by Developer Frustration with Its App Review Process

Re:Apple 'Surprised' by Developer Frustration with Its App R... by echelon on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:03PM (#28831740)

The consumer won't feel the developer struggling with less margin. They won't feel the pain as the developer has to work 30-40% harder.

But the impact to global productivity is substantial. Less innovation occurs. Less energy to try new things. Money doesn't spread as widely as it should.

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Re:Apple 'Surprised' by Developer Frustration with Its App R... by nebula8804 on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:35PM (#28833381)

I find this argument difficult as this is kind of how China operates. This free sharing of IP was claimed to enable untold amounts of innovation. However what I actually see for the most part is a market flooded by shitty clones of original IP.

For example, take this dumb phone[1]. It is powered by a Mediatek processor whose IP is freely shared. The innovation that resulted is not something better like an iPhone. Instead 1000s of different shells or an additional button here or there.

[0]: https://hackaday.com/tag/mt6260/

[1]:http://bunniefoo.com/fernvale/fernvale-phone-spread.jpg

I guess this scenario might be a bit different since we are talking about software...but i'm not so sure.

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