Re:Developers Are in Open Revolt over Apple's New App Store ...
by buildfocus on Monday February 12, 2024 @03:47PM
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> Dell, for sure, earned a lot of money selling placement on the Home Screen (or pre-installation) to 3P app developers.
Selling default placement & promotion is a very different beast from "Dell only allows Dell-approved software on Dell computers". We can all agree the latter would have been terrible in many ways.
> If 3P app developers want to access Apple's customers on a platform developed by Apple, then they should expect to play by Apple's rules...
Strongly disagree. Customers and developers should be free to transact using their own devices as they please, without Apple involved. Apple is very welcome to offer services for money - access to the app store, support services, and promotion etc all make perfect sense.
The end result of everybody on the path from the user to the developer adding rules & taking a cut is a world that blocks digital innovation entirely and completely hamstrings the software industry.
Selling default placement & promotion is a very different beast from "Dell only allows Dell-approved software on Dell computers". We can all agree the latter would have been terrible in many ways.
> If 3P app developers want to access Apple's customers on a platform developed by Apple, then they should expect to play by Apple's rules...
Strongly disagree. Customers and developers should be free to transact using their own devices as they please, without Apple involved. Apple is very welcome to offer services for money - access to the app store, support services, and promotion etc all make perfect sense.
The end result of everybody on the path from the user to the developer adding rules & taking a cut is a world that blocks digital innovation entirely and completely hamstrings the software industry.