wbyoung

Whitney Young is a developer at FadingRed
 
May 5th, 2009

Steven Frank:

For now, desktop computers still have that freedom. If you can dream it, you can write it, and ultimately distribute it. But not the iPhone or iPod. And I fear that sets a dangerous precedent that will one day spread to the Mac desktop.

I have mixed feelings about the App Store, but this fear is well founded. Apple’s current practices with mobile apps would indeed be frightful if applied to the desktop.