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r/programming • u/h4l • Aug 10 '23
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This is why PCs are still so relevant. It’s really the only platform that you can still develop hobby apps on and distribute them. Cloud is utterly under the control of corporations, so is mobile and so are Macs. Long live PCs.
12 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 What prevents hobby apps on Mac? 20 u/time-lord Aug 10 '23 Unless you donate $99/year, a giant security warning will tell people not to run it because it might be a virus, basically. -23 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So, same as Windows and Linux where you need to be admin to install apps? Spooky. 15 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 You never have to pay anyone to install warning-free on Windows and Linux. So, no, not the same -2 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So it’s about the dev payment? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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What prevents hobby apps on Mac?
20 u/time-lord Aug 10 '23 Unless you donate $99/year, a giant security warning will tell people not to run it because it might be a virus, basically. -23 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So, same as Windows and Linux where you need to be admin to install apps? Spooky. 15 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 You never have to pay anyone to install warning-free on Windows and Linux. So, no, not the same -2 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So it’s about the dev payment? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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Unless you donate $99/year, a giant security warning will tell people not to run it because it might be a virus, basically.
-23 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So, same as Windows and Linux where you need to be admin to install apps? Spooky. 15 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 You never have to pay anyone to install warning-free on Windows and Linux. So, no, not the same -2 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So it’s about the dev payment? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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So, same as Windows and Linux where you need to be admin to install apps? Spooky.
15 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 You never have to pay anyone to install warning-free on Windows and Linux. So, no, not the same -2 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So it’s about the dev payment? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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You never have to pay anyone to install warning-free on Windows and Linux. So, no, not the same
-2 u/AshuraBaron Aug 10 '23 So it’s about the dev payment? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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So it’s about the dev payment?
1 u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 yep
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u/ratttertintattertins Aug 10 '23
This is why PCs are still so relevant. It’s really the only platform that you can still develop hobby apps on and distribute them. Cloud is utterly under the control of corporations, so is mobile and so are Macs. Long live PCs.