Basecamp founder and app creator David Heinemeier Hansson referred to Apple’s decision as “bullying tactics.”

• Apple rejects Hey calendar app for not allowing non-paying users to do anything within the app.

• Hey had previously faced a similar rejection from Apple for its original iOS app four years ago.

• Hey plans to fight Apple’s decision, but the specific approach is not yet known.

    • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
      125·
      8 months ago

      The issue is for the technically illiterate it’s often not nearly as intentional.

      No one reads pop ups or warnings, they just click ok when they’re told.

      My MIL was on her way to Home Depot to buy gift cards when my FIL called me because he couldn’t talk her out of it and thought I could.

      She had clicked a popup and then called the number - then somehow googled for Apple support number and called another scam.

      Literally anything that makes that more likely or easier is a net negative for a very sizeable percentage of users.

      I am certainly a power user - but there aren’t really any android apps that I think I’m missing out on.

      There’s 1/10th the spyware / garbage ware in the Apple Store vs Play store, and that’s before we get into 3rd party stores.

      • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Mac has a good-ish solution where you need to go into settings to allow unapproved apps. It’s not a pop up. You need to go there manually.

        • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
          31·
          8 months ago

          Apple does that for enterprise profiles and vpn profiles on iOS. Guaranteed you can talk most people into doing that without much trouble.

          • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            You can trick anyone into doing stupid things. That’s why scam and phishing exists. I also remember tricking kids on counterstrike to format their C: drive to “activate cheats”

            • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
              3·
              8 months ago

              Sure, but it’s infinitely harder on iOS to install malware, spyware or something else, I’m sure you’d agree. How many times have you looked at someone complaining about their computer being slow and they have 74 browser weather extensions and bars all siphoning data and doing who knows what.

              It’s also easier to track down the publisher of a scam app to figure out who’s doing the scamming.

              Simply put, I have less to worry about with older folks in my life using iOS than something else.