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iPhone Development

2008 April 08 in computer programming by corprew | No comments

There have been a lot of people asking angry questions to Apple today because the Apple β that they gave out to iPhone developers was timed to expire today and a lot of devs now have bricked their main mobile phone until an update appears. Lots of people appear angry, but they’re missing the main issue for Apple:

Dear Apple, why are you letting people this stupid into your β programs

People frequently forget what beta for software means in these days where everything is β until people find a way to make money off of it. It means untested, believed working properly but may blow up at any time, not ready for production. So, I’m halfway between bemused and annoyed at the outrage that some folks seem to be fielding on various fora.

Also, calling a phone ‘bricked’ when you can easily recover it by downloading new software hours later is hitting the epistemological puff pastry with a hammer.

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