Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Sep 2009 15:01 UTC
Over the past few days, we've seen yet another rollercoaster ride in Apple's App Store. The fully licensed Commodore 64 emulator, which was rejected earlier this year, was admitted into the App Store yesterday, only to be removed this morning. This tug of war between Apple and its 3rd party developers is getting a bit old, so let's take a look at a company that treats its 3rd party developers right: Palm.
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RE: If so many developers hate this...
by vivainio on Tue 8th Sep 2009 18:32
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Member since:2008-12-26
It's the same idea as voting with your wallet, except it's vote with your time. Write for Android, Symbian, Palm Pre, even Windows Mobile...
Or better yet, write for Maemo. You can code in Qt and ship your applications on desktop Linux (and Windows) as well.
Basically, the iPhone developers have no justification for their complaints. If you accept being treated like a dog, it may be nature's way of saying you have it coming.
Edited 2009-09-08 18:32 UTC
RE[2]: If so many developers hate this...
by darknexus on Tue 8th Sep 2009 18:41
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Member since:2008-07-15
Hmm I'm no fan of QT right now but I agree with you. Still, how many people use maemo as compared to the others named, especially Symbian and WM? But by all means, if Maemo is your thing, write apps for it. I'd even go a bit further and, if developers are doing this, send a nice little email to Apple every time you write an app for a phone that isn't theres, continuously voicing the reasons why. If enough people stand up and say no more bending over, Apple will have to listen else lose a lot of money.
RE: If so many developers hate this...
by tyrione on Tue 8th Sep 2009 19:15
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Member since:2005-11-21
Why exactly do they still develop for the iPhone even while railing against it? Oh, that's right, they want to make quick money. Apple is counting on that. You app devs want it to change? Stop developing for a while, stand to a principal, and if enough of you stop developing for it the app store will collapse. It's the same idea as voting with your wallet, except it's vote with your time. Write for Android, Symbian, Palm Pre, even Windows Mobile... whatever the hell you want and let the iPhone fall. If enough developers fall by the wayside or better yet start embracing other platforms you can bet Apple will change, but until then they're going to rely on your wants to make a quick buck so they can continue to treat you like crap and you'll be powerless to do anything. This isn't difficult logic.
Solidarity, I tell ya!
Stop making money and protest by investing time in a platform that isn't going to make you money. You'll feel vindicated, I tell ya!
RE: If so many developers hate this...
by polaris20 on Tue 8th Sep 2009 20:28
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Member since:2005-07-06
Why exactly do they still develop for the iPhone even while railing against it? Oh, that's right, they want to make quick money. Apple is counting on that. You app devs want it to change? Stop developing for a while, stand to a principal, and if enough of you stop developing for it the app store will collapse. It's the same idea as voting with your wallet, except it's vote with your time. Write for Android, Symbian, Palm Pre, even Windows Mobile... whatever the hell you want and let the iPhone fall. If enough developers fall by the wayside or better yet start embracing other platforms you can bet Apple will change, but until then they're going to rely on your wants to make a quick buck so they can continue to treat you like crap and you'll be powerless to do anything. This isn't difficult logic.
No, it's much easier to complain about it constantly, and write "news" articles about it.
Honestly, I don't get what all the fuss is about. You don't like how Apple treats the devs? Don't buy an iPhone. A dev yourself? Don't code for it. Vote with your dollar, vote with your principles. If enough people agree with you, Apple will change or die.
After all these years I would have assumed it was clear Apple doesn't care about "news" articles written about it.
I guess I wouldn't be posting this if it was the umpteenth news article about it this month already.
And as for the "if we don't like it, contribute something" attitude, we're not getting paid for it, so why should we? It's kind of a petty attitude to take with readers that are voicing their opinion on the quality of articles here.
If we start contributing articles, do we begin getting a cut of any surplus ad revenue (beyond the cost of the site of course)?
Edited 2009-09-08 20:34 UTC
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Why exactly do they still develop for the iPhone even while railing against it? Oh, that's right, they want to make quick money. Apple is counting on that. You app devs want it to change? Stop developing for a while, stand to a principal, and if enough of you stop developing for it the app store will collapse. It's the same idea as voting with your wallet, except it's vote with your time. Write for Android, Symbian, Palm Pre, even Windows Mobile... whatever the hell you want and let the iPhone fall. If enough developers fall by the wayside or better yet start embracing other platforms you can bet Apple will change, but until then they're going to rely on your wants to make a quick buck so they can continue to treat you like crap and you'll be powerless to do anything. This isn't difficult logic.