Are all these developer complaints about the iPhone app store having any affect on Apple, or do they just irritate everyone?
Developers know by now what Apple is like. How about the developers stop whining and leave? That’s the only thing Apple will listen to. Geez, this app store fiasco has been going on since it’s conception.
Consumers don’t care about developer problems as long as they get their fix of apps. When the apps stop coming, users will leave. When users leave, profits go down, the carriers get pissed and Apple will say, “Huh, WTF? Why is this happening?” Yes, it will still take awhile for them to understand that they brought this upon themselves.
Until then, as long as developers keep whining and building apps (that’s called masochism), then they’ve developed a symbiotic relationship with Apple (the sadists).
Apple might care then when it hurts their bottom line. Until then, it’s just noise they’ve tuned out.
It’s just like this blog and my Twitter feed. I’m under no illusion that Apple gives a flying fig about anything I say, or the countless poor souls pouring their hearts out on the Apple support forums.
I continue to use Apple products — not because they’re a model of excellence, far from it — but because they’re better than the alternatives. I’ve learned to live with that and use this blog and Twitter as a means of telling those who have drunk, or are thinking of drinking the Apple kool-aid, that they should be warned about what they’re getting into.
When you bite into the Apple, most of it will taste delicious but you’ll also get that musty taste of rot.
