[subdane]

Apple has an abusive relationship with developers. I bet this harkens back to Jobs being pissed about jailbreaking and having to open up the platform. I think the culture still reflects that basic misunderstanding at the company. It's ironic, because it's the apps and developers that made the iPhone what it is - case in point, "There's an app for that," which they actually went and trademarked. https://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/12/app.for.that/inde...

[mustardo]

Agree it seems short sighted of Apple to me

Windows Phone largely failed because developers had abandoned the platform and "There is no app developed for that" ended up being common

[scarface74]

You have no idea about how Nintendo and all of the console makers treat developers. Roku won’t let commercial streaming apps on their platform without making a deal with them.

[arvinsim]

Seems to be a case of whataboutism. Just because someone is doing it doesn't make it any less wrong.

[scarface74]

It’s how the industry has worked from day one. “Wrong” is an opinion. In a legal sense it’s “precedent”. This is how the entire industry works. Before Apple, software developers only got a 30% to 40% cut to be in carriers app stores. Yes they had app stores where you could buy J2ME apps. Most retailers have a far greater wholesale to retail margin than 30%.

[kelnos]

> “Wrong” is an opinion.

So people aren't allowed to have opinions anymore?