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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by naniwaduni on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:48PM (#32988144)
Worse, developers need forward compatibility. Predicting the future is widely considered harder than inspecting the past.
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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by musicale on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:05PM (#32988398)
In theory if you follow Apple's guidelines then you should maximize your app longevity; in practice Apple is going to break you eventually, and quite possibly in the next OS release.
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