[jmull]

> Stockholm syndrome

I don't think that's apt. What you find to be "abuse" others might find to be the kind of obstacles/issues that every platform/ecosystem has.

It probably helps if you never put Apple on a pedestal in the first place, so there's no special disappointment when they inevitably turn out to be imperfect. E.g., just because Apple publishes a new API/framework, that doesn't mean you need to jump on board and use it.

Anyway, developers are adults who can make their own judgements about whether it's worth it to work in Apple's ecosystem or not. It sounds like you've made your decision. Now let everyone else make theirs.

[spookie]

Their single biggest priority is to provide a better user experience for your customers compared to competitors.

Units sold in the smartphone world uses the same function video game consoles' market does: you simply offer a bigger and better software offerings, not just hardware.

If you, as a developer, have a worse time contributing to that ecosystem, then it is just a matter of time before the users themselves have a worse time with their device.

I take the comment above as a signal that something is clearly not working towards Apple's goals. Of course, you make your own judgements to support a platform or not, but this indicates that decision is a lot easier than it should be. In detriment of Apple's ecosystem.

All in all I wouldn't discount it.

[pixl97]

>Their single biggest priority is to provide a better user experience for your customers compared to competitors.

I mean in late stage capitalism their single biggest priority is to become a rent seeking monopoly by regulatory capture. If they can accomplish that, then user experience is a distant concern.

Luckily it looks like apple is having some problems with that recently.

[pixl97]

>What you find to be "abuse" others might find to be the kind of obstacles/issues that every platform/ecosystem has.

Right, that's why judges are making criminal recommendations to the US prosecutors. No abuse at all.....

[jmull]

The context here was DX. Maybe start a new thread to change to a new topic?

[owebmaster]

> so there's no special disappointment when they inevitably turn out to be imperfect.

Oh poor Apple. If only they had the resources and engineers to fix that. /s