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Re:The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X (2012) by PittleyDunkin on Sunday December 22, 2024 @09:57AM (#42486688)
Do developers use the app store? 99% of what I install on my computer isn't available through the app store. I just use it for Apple apps (Pages etc). Pretty much everything else is freely available and more fully featured outside the app store.

Plus, it's spammed with low-quality for-profit crapware—the iOSification of an otherwise fantastic platform

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Re:The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X (2012) by carlosjobim on Sunday December 22, 2024 @10:05AM (#42486756)
Yes, they publish their apps on the App Store and make money from customers.

As for Apple making life easier for developers by making their OS more like Linux, that is not good for the rest of their users, and these users are more important than developers. It's preferable that developers jump through some hoops, rather than making the OS worse for non-developers.

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Re:The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X (2012) by PittleyDunkin on Sunday December 22, 2024 @10:57AM (#42487113)
There's the third option of "not enshittifying the os but also not making it more like linux"
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