I get that it’s open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

  • KillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago

    Apple isn’t okay. Apple is forced onto developers. The general population using Apple products requires developers to use Macs. And, last time I checked, it’s a lot easier carrying around one laptop than two. It also doesn’t hurt that Apple products aren’t exactly the quality of off-brand Chinese laptops.

    • okamiueru@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      I hope EU slaps Apple hard for abusing their market position in this. I’ve seen it happen in several companies I’ve worked in. Developers prefer Linux, but it’s the only machine you can build for all target platforms, so… macbooks it is.

      • Voytrekk@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Plenty of developers prefer Macs to anything else. Forcing developers to use Macs for iOS development isn’t okay though.

        • okamiueru@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Plenty of developers prefer Macs to anything else.

          Of course. They are pretty great battery wise. UI and OS is however inconsistent, buggy and frustrating. I had expected “annoying design decisions”.

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The general population using Apple products requires developers to use Macs

      They are 20% of the laptop/desktop owners? 25%? A dev is most likely going to be writing backend software to run on a linux platform on some server somewhere or write a web application (for the browser or electron). How many devs are actually going to be writing mac-native applications?