Software Devolution in the Hands of Apple

Developers of major platform apps have a daunting job: adapting to the yearly or more frequent changes that come from the blue, and the various versions of hardware and software that exist simultaneously. I never went there, doing only in-house development tasks.

Though I use Apple mainly, I pay for few apps, partly because app developers too frequently pull the rug from under you, either voluntarily or not.

My real love is for free and open source. When Apple makes that impossible to install and use, I part company. "Are we there yet?" No.

I think it is not just Apple. There is a much larger war against effective ownership of things we purchase. A lot of smartwatches need subscription on top of the device fees, we cant even remove some apps and services. Overall people seem to be more comfortable being renters than owners...