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Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies by philistine on Saturday February 01, 2025 @06:04PM (#42903428)
> Their business decisions have driven most developers away from the App Store.

> They don't have an easy way to run untrusted software in a containerized way (compare Fedora toolbox).

The App Store is the way to run untrusted apps in a containerized way.

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Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies by fcantournet on Saturday February 01, 2025 @06:32PM (#42903699)
It's "the way" that apple wanted it to be, but it's not the way that humans have chosen.

Typically not a great idea to be against humans, especially the ones that give you money.

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Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday February 01, 2025 @09:48PM (#42905213)
> especially the ones that give you money

Last time I checked, their market cap was North of $3T, so someone is giving them money…

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Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies by chipotle_coyote on Saturday February 01, 2025 @11:05PM (#42905715)
I think if your app is on the App Store, it's kind of trusted by definition, isn't it?
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