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by taylus 2194 days ago
> All the skills I have built over the course of almost a decade are obsolete now, because I do not imagine myself working for other people as an iOS dev without having my own hobby iOS apps on the App Store. It feels like all the blogging I have been doing has been a waste because I cannot participate in the knowledge I myself write, and it’s pointless to engage in the knowledge of others if I cannot try what they write.

The fact that a faceless entity can lock you out of developing like this is just wrong. I fear for the future of such closed off ecosystems.