XML co-creator Tim Bray on Monday said he has joined Google as a Developer Advocate for Android. He joined the company because of its open-source roots but also to fight Apple, whose App Store he said was censored and limited compared to Android Market.
…HTML 5 became the panacea for every issue the internet has ever had?so Apple releases an SDK and starts an App store. They limit the App store because they don’t want Apps that will break the primary function of the phone
I’m sorry, dude, but you’ve got to stop just believing everything you hear Steve Jobs says. They didn’t do this to protect the phone from breaking, they did this so they can have total control over what goes on the phone. Just like Nintendo and MS control what goes on the Wii and xBox. But at least they don’t try to pretend they do it for some grandiose reason.
Oh, and someone last week said right here that Apple never claims the primary purpose of the iPhone is to be a phone. You all need to get your stories straight.
and they don’t want the liability if some kid downloads an inappropriate app and their parents get mad about it.
Excuse me, but the AppStore not only does not somehow stop their liability, it actually enforces it. If the AppStore is the only way to get an app, and…
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