On 29/07/10 10:19, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
Henry Vermaak wrote:
supporter like Adobe, they can do it to anyone. I can't believe
developers take this lying down, either, as I just won't take the risk
in spending time and energy developing for a platform where someone
can flick a kill switch on my app at any time.
I agree, but we also have to consider other portals or facilitators such
as Google. I'd also suggest that people such as Apple do have a
legitimate right to exclude developers and apps which have been proven
to screw users' appliances.
They can do anything they like with _their_ appstore, as long as they
don't force me to use it. I've paid for the device, not for the lock-in.
The whole "we are just protecting you from nasty apps" is just the spin
they'd like you to believe. Unfortunately we all know that Apple
haven't just excluded apps which are bad (if you've been following the
IT news concerning the iPhone). I believe the biggest reason they've
blocked flash is that it bypasses their appstore by running in the
browser. There are millions of flash games on the web. Let's see how
they handle html 5.
What /is/ the AppStore in this context? It's obviously a repository at
an address flashed into Apple devices, but does it also sign apps
validating that they're legitimate?
I really don't know.
Henry
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