News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost by LouisSayers on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:23PM (#30278688)
>Apple didn’t have an SDK ready, and tried to sell the shit sandwich of Web Apps as a stopgap.

And how exactly do you know that it always was their intent to make an SDK for third party developers?

From https://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-...

"The App Store came later and apparently as a reaction to jailbreakers and developer backlash."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost by imwillofficial on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:46AM (#30282835)
That’s an editorial, and they floated the eventual App Store idea in dev talks early on.
[ Parent | on HN ]