WWDC 2024… the year of Sherlocking everything… Everything!
@pratik I didn't keep track of everything, but I remember Password Managers, Tiling Window Managers, Note Taking Apps, Equation Solving Apps, some Fitness Apps, and of course parts of Widget Smith … emphasizes one of the many risks for developers on the platform.
@hutaffe I'm not sure what the solution is though. Those apps can always offer more features than what Apple will since the built-in ones will have to cater to a larger audience and will have the basic ones. E.g., Journal hasn't killed DayOne yet.
@pratik yes, that's true. And there's no solution, so maybe not a "problem" in itself. But a large (maybe paying) user base is cut off, earning the developers less money. But specialized apps will always provide more functionality. DayOne is a great example.
It's very funny though that they gave a design award to Gentler Streak last week, and today they announced (a basic but still very important) feature set of exactly that app 😉
It's very funny though that they gave a design award to Gentler Streak last week, and today they announced (a basic but still very important) feature set of exactly that app.
Kinda same with AllTrails. I still think it's better in the long run and good for their users. That's the only way innovation moves forward. Developers find their niche in what Apple is not doing right now and also, if Apple is doing it, then doing it better (e.g., weather apps). I don't think any developer will expecting to retire on an app they made 5 years ago. I read that the calculator app on the iPad had been in development for three years at Apple. In the meantime, other calculator apps flourished. It was never not going to be added as part of the default apps.