Comments on: Facebook’s Joe Hewitt Quits iPhone App Development Due to Frustration with Apple

By: cygnis media

cygnis media — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:54:54 +0000

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By: Adam Kochanowicz

Adam Kochanowicz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:40 +0000

Jobs used to be the “revolutionary,” and is probably the reason why Apple got and expanded its niche.
I wonder if Jobs ever thought his company could be characterized in such a way. After all, he was supposed to represent the guy who is against big brother.

By: Chad Estes

Chad Estes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:46 +0000

Mike makes a great point about Facebook being an inherently open environment, but they have one major advantage which allows them to do this: Facebook is a website and all users are always on the latest version.

Because the iPhone is a mobile operating environment, not all users are on the latest version and apps which do not go through a review process are likely to break and provide issues with other components of the operating system.

Can you even image the tech support nightmare that would cause? Apple is doing all end users a favor by helping to ensure the stability of their platform.

By: Mike Sherov

Mike Sherov — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:27:00 +0000

Greg:

The difference is that development on Facebook is open by default and gives developers a chance to correct and adapt. I’m as annoyed as the next about Facebook’s constantly changing platform, but they are no Apple in this regard.

Sure, there rules have changed, and they are becoming more strict on enforcement, but there is no gatekeeper to Facebook development. You don’t have to wait on someone to approve you before anyone can see your product.

Also, API’s are closed and proprietary almost by definition. That seems like hardly a legitimate complaint to me.

By: Greg Dewar

Greg Dewar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:26:52 +0000

Laughable. He works for a platform that is so restrictive it makes Stalin’s sphincter laugh. And he complains about APPLE?

Pure hilariousness. The closed, proprietary, always changing “system” that is the mush of Facebook being called out by someone developing for Apple.

The irony is compounding itself bigtime. Fuck ‘em both.