The Mac App Store as a second-class developer experience
- jul
- 23
Craig Hockenberry is tired of being treated second class by Apple as a Mac app developer.
Hockenberry is displeased with developing apps that use Apple's own iCloud servers to store and sync data. iOS developers can put their apps through iCloud's paces using TestFlight, Apple's testing framework, which remains iOS-bound. Hockenberry blasted Apple in a recent missive posted to his Furbo.org blog.
Apple needs to change its priorities for the Mac App Store or just shut the whole thing down. As it now stands, developers who are tired of being second-class citizens are making that decision for them and leaving on their own.
Other concerns Hockenberry voices: Apple has delivered analytics tools for iOS developers, but given nothing to Mac developers. They've also changed the rules for app reviews on beta iOS releases, but haven't done the same for Mac.
Developers pay the same 30 percent, but the Mac nets a lot less for Apple than iPhones do. With iOS as Apple's top money maker, it's pretty clear that that's the priority for them.
