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Apple To Developers: Fuck You
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Because if I want to code an app in Flash under Windows and port it through a cross-compiler onto a jailbroken iPod I should be able to because I own the hardware and stuffs and herpity derpity derp
Yes it's trollin' sorta, but really, despite my lack of love for Apple I'm inclined more to side with the "their ball, their rules" crew on this. You want access to the potential $Fuckloads of cash that the App Store can provide, you've got to do the Steve Jobs shuffle.
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Well, it does, and has since Leopard came out in 2007.
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/GarbageCollection/Introduction.html
As for on the iPhone? Not yet. And not on the upcoming 4.0 release either. A little bit of a PITA for sure, but it hasn't stopped tons of developers from pulling off some insanely good stuff on the platform.
So, you didn't read the Wired article I posted on page 9?
And I guess you missed it when I asked/alluded to this the first time on page 10? The first 10 paragraphs of the Wired article were all about iAds so I missed the part at the end from an Anonymous Developer:
Now, is it that they're disallowing it because it's anonymous data, potentially collected without opt-in from the user? I'd like to see clarification on this.
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I guess that's part of the reason I got an Android phone. It feels most like a true, open PC platform.
No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
It's funny, but also kind of true.
iTunes SUCKS in windows for largely that reason. you never hear a mac user complaining about iTunes being bloated or buggy, or prone to crashing, but windows users cite this as an issue all the time. The reason for this is because Apple basically shoehorns mac conventions into a windows app. If they rewrote iTunes in .net for the windows users, they would get a superior experience on their platform to what they currently have.
This actually is an example that points in apple's favor on this specific issue.
What? How could you possibly argue that a terrible software port on Apple's part points in their favor?
I said on this specific issue. itunes is shit on the PC, and Apple needs to clean that house something fierce, as a ton of their iPod/iPhone users are stuck using it.
But the REASON it is shit is the very same thing they are trying to keep other developers from doing, which is being lazy and not coding with the tools and for the strengths of the platform.
So they are a bit hypocritical here, for sure... but iTunes sucking on windows is similar to why true cross compilers are a bad move for mobile platforms.
Write an application that can do RSA/DSA cryptography, support pubkey exchange, and function as a SOCKS proxy in Javascript/HTML, then get back to me. Oh, and it actually has to perform well and be secure.
That post is some serious silly goosery.
Well, I seriously doubt you would be seeing same-day releases if Macs still used PPC even with the current OS X install base. That probably has a bigger impact most other factors when you consider that multi-console releases have made developers less reliant on DirectX.
And yeah, Macs are finally getting some native releases along with some actual big boy games for adults
Sure does if the other OS it is based on did things differently and you don't bother to truly optimize for the platform.
If those same dependencies (Quicktime comes to mind) are used to make the app work right on the non-target platform, then yeah, it kind of has an obligation to keep it up to date. That's an odd bug...
When you aren't building for the target platform, almost all of those things are par for the course.
It's funny because the XBox 360 is running PPC processors.
Fixed that for the ultimate in irony.
Only the "general" processor of the Cell is PPC, and you forgot that the GCN also used a PPC processor. Strange world, eh?
The big difference is that the 360, GCN, and Wii processors are tailored to the customers' needs. The PPC products used Apple et al were sold off to a different company.
When you write software for someone's platform, you have to play by their rules. If you don't want to play by their rules because you only want to have one set of source to maintain then you might just be fucked. Your options are to not write for the platform that requires a special set of code, or to write the code the way you need to to get on the platform and to sell your product. This is entirely up to the developer.
That's not what iTunes does. You can cut out a whole lot of the iTunes install and still have the program function just fine.
No, it has zero to do with the OS "doing things differently". The ratings for songs in Vista/7 are stored in a well-known tag within the file itself. Other programs like MediaMonkey read this tag and cross-compiling doesn't prevent Apple from doing the same.
I'm talking about Safari. Under no circumstances should an updater be pushing that. At one point they even had it checked by default, so if all you did was click "update", you'd be installing their web browser!
No, it really isn't.
Where the fuck was the sue-happy EU on that one?
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At least iTunes isn't as much of a peace of shit on the mac as it is on the PC.
Probably flew under their radar.
iPhone/iPad/iPod probably?
Edit: Also, I'm not really a fan of windows media player, and although I've also discovered I'm not a fan of iTunes either, some people probably use it if they don't want to use WMP.
That is only your opinion. I run itunes on my win7 box just fine without any slowness issues or crashing.
No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
It's worked better for me on my three-month-old Win7 machine than my old WinXP, but it's still crashed on me a time or two.
And it's good that Fiore's pointing out that Apple's policies regarding satire are bullshit.
Can't you present your articles in a more neutral tone?
Why should I? I think Apple's move is bullshit - why shouldn't I stake out my stance?
Besides, I don't think you really can present either of these articles in a neutral light fairly.
Mostly because there may be people (such as myself) who are interested in discussing the core issues without having to deal with the rhetoric.
I mean, you don't have to... so just consider this a civil request. That's all.
I mean, drop "wrath of steve", and nothing in the hyperlinks are really all that subjective
"Other than that, how was the show, Mrs. Lincoln?"
This is, after all, Debate & Discourse. Things get kinda... heated around here. And Apple is a notoriously polarizing company, particularly amongst the sort of crowd who posts on discussion forums like this one. It's pretty much indisputable that if money is no object and you're not really technically-inclined in the first place, Apple's products are a fabulous choice. But amongst the tech-philes out there, you get either unshakable allegiance to the slick implementation of PC Unix or vitriolic outrage over the condescending combination of tightly-controlled hardware, form-over-function aesthetics, and price-points that can fairly be described as "elitist".
I love Apple's OS and am consistently impressed with their build quality, but I would never purchase one of their products without a substantial price reduction because their OS and build quality rarely justify the premium pricing. I think I'm a bit unusual in that this is my primary (if not sole) objection to Apple, rather than their sleazy collaboration with AT&T or one-button mice or remotely-bricking iPhones "on accident." The only Apple product I've personally owned was a Macbook Pro, which was a generous gift from someone else, and I really did love the thing, so I get the Apple love, particularly OSX love. OSX is really fucking awesome, as is the iPhone/iTouch/iPad OS derived from it. But even though I never had a jailbroken iPhone go bricky, or had to replace an iPod battery that had been sealed behind impenetrably insane engineering, or developed an app for the iPhone in a non-Xtools environment, or otherwise had a direct experience to make me angry with Apple... I can absolutely understand why it seems like half of my peers want the Cupertino company burned to the ground while the other half want Steve Jobs canonized.
Oh nos, the OP has a strong opinion. How will i ever voice my opinion?
Oh wait, you've been doing that over, and over, and over again.
yes, "wrath of steve" is in ANY way comparable to the assassination of a president.
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doesn't just about everything support I-pod management these days? Foobar has plugins for it as an example.
Only thing not supported is I-store.