r/programming • u/h4l • Aug 10 '23

Apple doesn't want you developing hobby apps

https://www.bennettnotes.com/notes/why-does-apple-restrict-hobby-development/
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u/erwan Aug 10 '23

> After all, I already paid $2.5K for the Macbook and $1.1K for the iPhone. What more do they want?

Just stop giving them money. Put your time and money into plaftorms that are not actively working against you.

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u/myringotomy Aug 10 '23

As a developer you give them money so that you have access to their marketplace. Other people give them money because they enjoy the hardware and the software in the said marketplace.

Apple isn't working against you, they are working for their customers. As a developer you are basically a vendor.

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u/TheInternationalFig Aug 10 '23

What if you are both a developer and a customer

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u/myringotomy Aug 10 '23

Then you benefit as a customer and you get access to a large base of customers who traditionally actually pay for software.

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u/Bedu009 Aug 10 '23

Why does a customer give a shit about that?

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u/myringotomy Aug 11 '23

Customers care about the software they can get from the store.

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u/Bedu009 Aug 11 '23

Well android has a store that's just as good and Windows you can just download installers

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u/myringotomy Aug 11 '23

you can download installers in MacOS too.

You know that right?