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stroughtonsmith, 3 days ago to random

Honestly, I don’t have anything in the way of a WWDC 24 wishlist. The two platforms I want to see get major investment — iPadOS & visionOS — aren’t ones I expect a whole lot of, this time round. visionOS still has serious catch up to do before it’s a finished 1.0 (half the OS is emulated iPad apps), and then we can start thinking about what’s next. Apple has little engineering bandwidth left over to progress iPadOS — we’re 2 years away from this year’s critical feedback going anywhere

stroughtonsmith, 4 days ago to random

"Three months in, and the alternative app stores that have so far launched in Europe are doing little to jeopardize Apple’s monopoly — and you know Cupertino is feeling pretty satisfied about that.”

Translation: Apple's Core Technology Fee and related restrictions have made it impossible to meaningfully compete with the App Store, and thus clearly violate the DMA. If it's not seriously curtailed, fast, Apple's looking at a whopping $40B fine
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112569090206157267

stroughtonsmith, 6 days ago to random

Every time I see some B-roll with a MacBook entering Mission Control or Exposé, it makes me wish iPad had that instead of Stage Manager. Unlimited windows, that can be tiled on a key press, and Fullscreen Spaces that you can flip through with the trackpad

stroughtonsmith, 26 days ago to random

Having read and watched through all the iPad coverage, it really seems like a lot of people are aligned on the top items where iPad falls down

• The Files app infrastructure
• The too-restrictive audio system
• Background processing
• Multiple user support

"Just put macOS on it” is the fallback for most criticism, because it's hard to articulate just why iPadOS doesn’t cut it. And the "Where's the Calculator?” discourse isn't about a calculator app, it's about the missing apps of the core OS

stroughtonsmith, 27 days ago to random

So uh I accidentally unlocked Final Cut Pro on the iPad Pro (2018), so I took it for a spin. It all just worked, and was perfectly usable? Even the 4K export was fast.

Makes you wonder why officially it only lets you install on an iPad with an M-series chip…

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asiergmorato, 1 month ago to random

Working from home like its 2003, what a vibe.
https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/lqh7sy/working_from_home_like_its_2003/

stroughtonsmith, 1 month ago to random

We're 5 years in now and even the most talented and experienced SwiftUI devs aren't building apps that are better than what you could build before, nor does it seem like there are kinds of apps that weren't possible before.

And still, a large chunk of dev energy is spent just trying to make it ‘as good as' before, too. Churn for the sake of churn. Some big apps have fancy new UIs with terrible layout performance, completely squandering the long-held lead Apple's chip teams bought the platform

asiergmorato, 1 month ago to random

Also, what about the iPad? https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287558511134794

stroughtonsmith, 2 months ago to random

visionOS is Apple's most locked-down general computing platform in history; the kinds of features Apple keeps for itself in the name of ‘privacy’ are absolutely going to cause massive antitrust issues if those restrictions are all still in place by the time the platform takes off (on this form factor, or another). Virtually every defining feature of the platform experience is already a red flag. Kinda wild that Apple, already aware of its obligations under the DMA, would design an OS like this

christianselig, 2 months ago to random

Got my hands on Waterfield's bizarrely compact Vision Pro case and gonna do a blog review, any questions about it?

stroughtonsmith, 2 months ago to random

As a developer based in the EU, of course I want to be able to sign on to Apple's new business terms and access the hard-won benefits of the DMA (like external distribution).

But there’s no way I ever would with the specter of a CTF hanging over, even if I never build an app that hits 1M annual downloads.

@rileytestut tried to convince me to build something for AltStore, and I've had several huge Cydia-distributed projects in the past. But Apple's new business terms are currently a no-go

twostraws, 4 months ago to random

After enough of you messaged asking if I was going to do it… fine, I’ll be that guy, and wear Vision Pro on my flight home. It certainly ought to make it pass a lot faster! 😂

stroughtonsmith, 4 months ago to random

I keep seeing it floated that 'if you have a million users, and you don't have a way to make money, what are you even doing?’, which is incredibly toxic. Screw everybody who provides free software/tools, I guess?

I guarantee you every single one of you relies on software that has more than a million users and makes $0, somewhere in your tech stack.

Having a single app like that in your portfolio, even if you have robust paid apps, could be enough to bankrupt you under Apple's CTF proposal

rileytestut, 4 months ago to random

Looking through MarketplaceKit.framework documentation right now, I’m blown away by how much is provided. These are legitimate, full blown alternative App Store APIs!

…guess it’s time to start rewriting AltStore 😅 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/marketplacekit

Screenshot of MarketplaceKit.framework documentation: Creating an alternative app marketplace Enable the distribution of other third-party apps from within your iOS marketplace app. Processing alternative app marketplace notifications Manage the addition and removal of apps that your alternative marketplace hosts on your server. Installing an alternative app marketplace Manage the installation of a marketplace app that your company webpage distributes. Installing a marketplace-hosted app Manage the installation of apps that developers distribute from your marketplace iOS app. Distributing your app on an alternative app marketplace Design your app for alternative distribution and hosting on an alternative app marketplace. Supplying an install verification token Support app installations through alternative app marketplaces by creating signed JSON web tokens. Authorization com.apple.developer.marketplace.app-installation The entitlement that enables an app to vend other iOS apps as an alternative app marketplace. com.apple.developer.browser.app-installation The entitlement that enables a browser to install an alternative marketplace app from a website. App License Delivery SDK Secure the installation of alternative distribution apps on iOS devices by vending licenses from your webserver.

simonbs, 4 months ago to apple

People who are getting a Vision Pro on the launch date: What are you planning or hoping to use it for? #visionos

martinhoeller, 5 months ago to random

Oh hello there… macOS 15 is now showing up in my @telemetrydeck OS versions. Isn't that a bit early though?

simonbs, 5 months ago to random

At the beginning of 2023 we started migrating our entire CI / CD setup at @shapedk over to GitHub Actions.

It feels good to wrap up the year having fully moved all of our iOS projects and since five minutes ago, we also have our entire setup extensively documented 😄 🙌

craiggrannell, 6 months ago to AdobePhotoshop

I’m writing a big mobile #app and round-up for print early next year. If you’ve created something you think would fit the bill, let me know (or remind me, if you’ve emailed before).

Items need to be:

• New or significantly updated in 2023
• iPhone, iPad and/or Android

Android apps in particular are of great interest.

(All shares of this appreciated.)

christianselig, 6 months ago to random

Okay lots of recommendations for a Moccamaster and that yellow is divine

dimillian, 8 months ago to random

I migrated @IceCubesApp to the new Xcode 15 string catalog, which is fantastic! Also, shoutout to everyone who's keeping translations up to date! The new format is all in one file and readable without Xcode. It's even better to edit without Xcode. It should make things easier on the repo.

matthewcassinelli, 8 months ago to random

Today is the release of iOS 17 and I’ll be sharing app update posts!

Developers – please share what your app does, what’s new, and a link to the App Store!

davidpierce, 8 months ago to random

Hello! I'm putting together this week's Installer, which means as always I want to know: what are you into this week? Reading, playing, building, telepathically controlling, downloading, anything at all. Tell me everything!

(Also, subscribe to Installer to see everyone's picks and some other fun stuff on Saturday: https://www.theverge.com/pages/installer-newsletter-sign-up)

davidpierce, 9 months ago to random

I'm putting together this week's Installer, and I want to know: What are you into this week? What apps are you digging, rabbit holes you're going down, shows you're obsessed with, podcasts you can't stop thinking about? I want to know all the good stuff!