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Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by skydhash on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:57PM (#39252582)
Are they? They own the OS. And they reserve to themselves the rights to change how it behaves. There’s no standard API, only tooling. So yeah, it’s obvious that you’ll be in great pain if you try to sidestep the tooling. Everything apart from their SDK is and will always be an hack.
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Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by bmitc on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:22PM (#39252839)
Are they what? Actively hostile? Yes, they are.

Of course they can do whatever they want. But it makes everyone slowly hate them.

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