I hate that Apple assigns itself as morality police. Hey Apple - ya know how you don't want the FBI all up in your shit? Yeah, same thing.
Edit: I get, to a degree, not approving an official RedTube app, but blocking a general content browser, especially one with access to huge amounts of legitimate non-porn content, is ridiculous.
Edit 2: wait, the official app gets a pass? How is this a thing?
If AAPL didn't block third-party app stores on their devices, there would be a whole 'safe for kids' app store.
Not clear whether censorship (even well-meaning) produces healthier kids, but it won't be long before it produces an unhealthy software ecosystem. There are too many different users & use-cases for apps to be accessed usefully through a single storefront.
Even with recommendation engine magic, I'm not seeing what I should be seeing.
The worst outcome of bad app-store management is the decline of paid apps. This is terrible for developers but isn't even good for apple (who gets a cut of the pie). Seems clear they have no idea what they're doing vs, for example, steam -- valve has done a great job of cultivating non-free software.
When you buy Apple stuff, you are also buying Apple ideas. Part of that is the idea that Apple controls your phone or computer to make sure that you have an Apple experience. You are giving up power to Apple to make choices for you. This is why, despite having many friends with Apple stuff and knowing how great it is, I will probably never own Apple again. I hate giving up my right to choose how I use the stuff I own.
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[ 11.6 ms ] story [ 831 ms ] threadEdit: I get, to a degree, not approving an official RedTube app, but blocking a general content browser, especially one with access to huge amounts of legitimate non-porn content, is ridiculous.
Edit 2: wait, the official app gets a pass? How is this a thing?
Edit 3: forgive my incoherent ramblings.
Not clear whether censorship (even well-meaning) produces healthier kids, but it won't be long before it produces an unhealthy software ecosystem. There are too many different users & use-cases for apps to be accessed usefully through a single storefront.
Even with recommendation engine magic, I'm not seeing what I should be seeing.
The worst outcome of bad app-store management is the decline of paid apps. This is terrible for developers but isn't even good for apple (who gets a cut of the pie). Seems clear they have no idea what they're doing vs, for example, steam -- valve has done a great job of cultivating non-free software.
Also worth noting -- the penis is the reason we don't have a lego MMO. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-01-lego-mmo-develo.... Either UGC is really tricky or we should stop caring.