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[–] psyc@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Poor Christian. First Reddit now YouTube

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’s a great developer but he needs to find a way not to be so reliant on giant tech companies to make his apps viable.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

All technology development stands on the shoulders of giants. It's unethical for modern giants to refuse to continue the tradition.

[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why side loading is important. Fuck apple and google

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Sideloading" isn't a thing. That's a term to shame and discredit people and apps installed outside of the official stores. Just like people got shamed by "jaywalking" for merely crossing the street. Both of those things were, are, and always should be the norm.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The best way is to migrate away to other platforms wherever possible, but in the interim, fuck you, Google.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the app in question was

  1. on Apple App Store
  2. for Vision Pro

so your alternatives might not be the best fit here.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Haha, ooooooooops.

(But hey, I guess Android users can get some mileage out of it.)

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 month ago

this sort of thing is exactly why mozilla, firefox, and - more specifically - a non-profit internet is essential to it's survival. two for profit ad-driven companies being the gatekeepers of the internet is horrible.

[–] punseye@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

I am typing this on Voyager, but would love to have a Lemmy client developed by Christian.

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We should be fighting the laws that enable them to do this shit instead of whining about how Apple is adhering to them being allowed to protect their IP from people circumventing their bullshit forced ads.

Apple, for all their faults elsewhere, is only complying to what YouTube has a legal right to do. Don’t like it? Go after the law. Not those that have to abide it.

The problem isn’t Apple. It’s the laws that allow YouTube to do the heinous bullshit they do.

Man. Lemmy really needs a stickied post in every community that defines nuance and how to properly use it in everyday situations.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 month ago

I was extremely surprised that Apple let Christian publish this originally, they have blocked alternative YouTube clients for years. At the time I thought that Apple is doing this to spite Google who didn’t release native app for VisionOS. Christian had a good relationship with Apple and could deliver something high quality so there’s that too. Curious that they changed their mind but it’s safe to assume Apple and Google had to work it out.

Sent from ~~Apollo~~ Voyager

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had forgotten the name of his Vision Pro app, so I was very confused. Is it 1998 and they’re banning my dial-up internet/email service?

Juno: Because email was meant to be free!

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Dang, I used to have so many Juno disks. What a flashback.

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope this frees up time to invest more time in a passion project for himself. I want nothing but contentment for that guy.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Direct consequence of sourcing all your software from a centralized, huge corporation controlled "app store". That is hilarious.

Will mobile users ever tire of getting b1tchslapped by their masters?