This is true for sure — but sometimes you can be prevented by the new owner of what you can disclose. That was my only point last night. We were owed disclosure, but I put that onus primarily on the new owner. It looks now like there is an official statement — better late than never, but like many of you, it has left a bad taste in my mouth for sure. Ice looks promising (hidden bar hasn’t had an update in years so that makes me less comfortable). https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112565037324342140
@film_girl Well, acquisitions are negotiated. If the terms are that you can't even disclose the existence of the acquisition, that seems quite suspicious, and you shouldn't agree to those terms. Walk away if necessary. Unless all you care about is the cash...
I just received a phone call from an Apple representative. They confirmed that there was indeed a software bug in the bundle pricing calculation, which was fixed yesterday. They also said that affected developers, such as myself, would be compensated for our lost revenue.
That’s all I know for now. I was told that I would also be receiving a follow-up email later.
The conversation was pleasant, and the Apple representative was very nice about it.
I still don't get the point of animated AVIF. AVIF is an image format derived from a video format, AV1. We don't need an extra video version of image format.
One thing you can do with animated AVIF: Animation with an alpha channel.
But… this really just highlights how dumb it is that AV1 doesn't support transparency.
Also, with animated AVIF, the alpha channel is a separate image per frame. It's really bad for compression.
Bugs always happen in major .0 releases. That’s perfectly understandable.
But here’s what bothers me about Apple nowadays:
Apple keeps pushing out major .0 releases every single year, a nonstop schedule of new bugs.
Software quality doesn’t improve 8-12 months after .0 versions, because Apple is always working on the next major version and also inexplicably pushing out new features year round in the current version, thus introducing even more bugs.
A lot of people seem to think that large corporations are competent because they make a ton of money.
In fact the opposite is true. Every layer of bureaucracy adds a layer of incompetence to a company. They usually create their best products when they’re much smaller, capture a market, and then cash in on that market for decades, in the process becoming less and less competent over time. Success and size breed incompetence, attract it like flies to shit.
Quick question: what are you hoping for Apple to reveal at WWDC this year? I’m writing a piece and it’d be useful to get insight into improvements devs and anyone else hopes Apple makes or new things it introduces (and how they are achieved).