Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
by joubert on Monday June 15, 2009 @10:23PM
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Isn't it a balancing act to give the END USER the best quality the company believes the user should get?
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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
by redrobot5050 on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:29PM
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And protect a developer's investment? Easily hacked platforms become easily pirated platforms....just ask anyone who developed games for the Dreamcast....
Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
by theBobMcCormick on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @02:45PM
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The Wii, the Nintendo DS, the original Xbox, the PSP... All were easily hacked and are super easy to load pirated games onto. And yet, publishers seem to still be making money quite handily on these platforms. It seems highly unlikely that Apples draconian restrictions on iPhone apps has much to do with piracy.
Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
by menloparkbum on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @02:47PM
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It's as easy to hack the iPhone as the PSP or DS - you just need to jailbreak it.
Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers
by redrobot5050 on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @03:55PM
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...And people have already called the PSP a "dead" platform because of the ease and rate of PSP game piracy. Its definitely turned some developers off, and made others decide to "half-ass" their ports to the PSP, for fear of losing money on the platform.