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| iPhone and the closed ecosystem Right, another day and another rant: Can people stop complaining about the iPhone's closed ecosystem? All the developers are boo-hooing because Apple is controlling over the experience; "oh, we want an open App Store, access to APIs from webpages and unicorns". F**k. Off. This is the way the iPhone is, and will always be. If you're not happy about that, buy another f**king phone and stop bitching. Apple doesn't give two shits what anyone on the outside thinks, and I'm so tired of stupid developers complaining about "closed-gardens" and all that bollocks. You knew what you were getting yourselves into when you bought the phone and started developing for it - so shut the f**k up. If you want access to the smartphone with the greatest mindshare and an App Store which is widely used due to its connectedness with a users credit card, suck it up. HTML5 webapps? Jog on, users want a more ingrained experience from their apps, the kind of which that Apple will only allow native applications to be like, not everyone with an iPhone is a developer or a "social media guru". The native experience is more compelling that a simple f**king webpage, get over it and learn Objective C if you want the users (also webapps will have the payment hurdle to get over). The closed ecosystem is (in my mind) what makes the iPhone/iPod Touch such a good platform, everything is controlled making it the best user experience for the end user, as in the majority of people who aren't bothered about web-markup, standards, Flash or all that other nonsense. Just two-click install of native applications that run well and deliver an optimum experience. *Breath* This post has 1750 characters, and was posted by @stevefarnworth You must be signed in to comment |