The Dark Side of Apple Development
magiclasso.co
magiclasso.co
And mind you I've turned from full Linux to full Apple. iPad, Macbook and iPhone (and more to come, given time and money).
And, yes, the constant regressions are a huge pain in all platforms. No heads up, and no way you are getting back that little feature or that little bug is getting fixed. Maybe in a couple of years... A good example of that is screenshotting on iPad. Suddenly you cannot create shapes or straight lines by holding down the Pencil not even remotely as easily. I think that handwriting touchup has something to do with this. Although disabling the option changes nothing.
This article just reinforces my opinion that chasing an up to date (Apple?) device is just too much energy. Pick the next major version than the one your device came with and live a happy life.
I have seen MagicLasso in the store before, and these days I also noticed it sponsors some blog, before I removed that RSS feed. Interesting for all the hard feelings its creator has.
> You have Apple dragging you by the b-... nose and you say thank you more. That's why everyone dislikes Apple and anyone who uses it.
Perhaps continuing to develop an app on Apple's platforms is asking for more, but a couple of items of consideration for perspective:
1. In my opinion, over the last 10 years, Apple's behaviour has gotten a lot worse as they strive for continual profit growth – with services being their only answer and tightening the screws on developers via the App Store their chosen solution.
2. Having used Apple as my primary computing platforms for almost 40 years (yes I'm old), and developing on it for many of those years, it can be hard to walk away to another ecosystem. For many users & developers, the knowledge etc is a sunk cost that can be hard to overcome.
The article was written both as a way to vent and also to hopefully shine further light on the issues in the hope that it could add to the impetus for change.
What would you think would be a solution in this situation?
If I feel not welcome in my userspace anymore I can just switch my Linux distro, or desktop environment.