Posts tagged “ios”

The PHP vs. C battle was decided by Moore's Law: hardware outpaced complexity. But HTML vs. Obj-C is different. Unlike PHP's server-side slowness, HTML's performance gap is visible to users right now. If a competitor can build a better native experience before Moore's Law saves you, you're done.

PPK says iPhone devs should build web apps to avoid App Store gatekeeping, then walks it back due to missing APIs and no easy payment option. He's right that some apps could go web-based, but Apple's real power is their mobile payment solution. They should open that up independently.

The App Store is broken and won't scale. Three easy fixes: allow installation from anywhere via a new link protocol, separate payment registration from app approval, and charge for store listings to fund more reviewers. The hard fix: lock down private API access at the compiler level so manual review becomes optional.