arthurba

The author is naive to say "This would certainly pull a small amount of resources away from other projects as the developer says."

I don't know what toolchain this developer is using, but here is what I know about Xcode.

The latest Xcode won't even open a 7 year old xcode project, and if you have a VM with the old macOS and the old Xcode then it won't connect to Apple to upload or sign it. 

Maybe if you upgrade the app each year with each new Xcode it's easier, but in my experience, apps older than 3-5 years need a total rewrite.  I also see this on the App Store, apps I use often seem to get a "rewrite" about every 3 years and no longer than every 5 years.

From my perspective it's much easier to develop for windows desktops where the visual studio 2022 will happily open and compile a 20 year old Visual C 6 project, or develop for Linux servers where the latest gcc happily compiles 20 or 30 year old code.  Sure the resulting program may look "old" but it doesn't need a rewrite, it just needs small UI updates, which will only consume "a small amount of resources" from the development team.

I have sympathy for his argument for sure, but part of the reason why the iPhone is so "popular" (in the sense people get a new one every 3-5 years, and tend to stay in the ecosystem) is that it and its operating system iOS evolves fairly quickly over time.  If he'd developed the app for Windows Phone, the same would also be true - his app would be removed from the Windows App Store - not because his app is old, but because the Windows App Store, the Windows Phone and the entire ecosystem is no more, it's gone, it's kaput.

Sure in an ideal world Apple would enable long term code compatibility and keep up with modern trends, but they've made it clear that they don't think it's possible.  So we get incompatibility, lots of developer work to stay in the same spot, but an ecosystem that does actually still exist.  And just like OS9 emulators can run on macOS or even iPadOS today - maybe his old app will one day run in an iPhone 2017 emulator - gone but not forgotten.

Let me share an 'outside the US' perspective.

All this discussion about RCS is moot.

If I send an SMS/RCS to any Android contact, I never get a reply and they never see it.

Why?

Because Android users use WhatsApp.  In other countries it's WeChat.  

They see it as a combination iMessage/Facetime app and use it just like us Apple users use iMessage/Facetime - ie: we don't use anything else.

I asked a friend about my text message and they showed me their phone: no sign of my message, and no sign of any app that would show an SMS either.  They either hadn't installed it or deleted that app.

I'm guessing in the US it's different, but I wouldn't think that it will be different for long.

Autumn colours.  It’s summer now, autumn next.  I’m looking forward to the autumn special event in March!

Comparing this with the TP-Link C120 is wrong - the C120 doesn't have any HomeKit support, and I've not seen even a hint that it may come ever.

Also weird timing for this review.  I've used Eufy 2C's for a few years already.  

They obviously wear out being in the weather and mine have all started to die.  Eufy's newer cameras just do not support HomeKit at all, so it doesn't seem sensible to me to be investing in these again.  

I'd prefer higher resolution than 1080p though I'm not sure HSV supports more than this.

Where are the newer HomeKit Secure Video cameras - particularly for outdoor?  Crickets.

So next time Apple are negotiating the license fee for Google to be the default search engine, there is going to be a very awkward converstation.  
Apple: $15B please
Google: you said that you make Google the default search engine because we're the best, and we'd be the default search engine regardless, sooo why are we paying?
Apple: ...
Google: and if you don't keep us as the default search engine when we stop paying, then you're likely to face perjury charges
Apple: ...
Google: right then.  We've saved ourselves $15B

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/27/google-forecast-to-spend-15b-in-2021-to-remain-default-ios-search-engine

But seriously I think this means Eddy Cue expects to be retired before the next negotiation.  With someone new in the drivers seat they can set a new 'strategic direction' which is hopefully along the lines of:

Google: our contract to be the default search engine on iPhone is soon to expire, can we please re-negotiate:
Apple: ...
Google: it may have skipped your attention but our entire business model depends on your customers being directed by you to our web site
Apple: ...
Google: please reply to my earlier message:
Apple: ...