Manton and Daniel discuss closed platforms vs. more open platforms, Apple’s new EU rules around linking for external purchases, and Patreon’s option to pass Apple’s fee on to creators or patrons. Then, a coding update on Manton’s work on a new text editor for Micro.blog, comparing and contrasting with MarsEdit’s text editor.
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Links:
- App Store link rule change — Developer post from Apple about the new linking entitlement rules.
- Patreon App Store announcement — Blog post from Patreon on adjusting to account for Apple’s 30%.
- Apple and free apps — Manton’s blog post from 2011.
- TreeSitter — Library that MarsEdit uses for Markdown parsing.