And this is the typical reason I cannot take Apple anymore. I've paid for numerous RogueAmoeba software licenses over the years and they are top notch.
Well, RogueAmoeba wares was always a bunch of semi-legal stuff, utilizing kernel hacks, private APIs and such.
Ummmmm, I'm going to call BS on that. If What RA was doing was illegal Apple would have shut it down ASAP - especially if it was with regard to using some undocumented features of the core OS that Apple wanted to protect. We're talking about streaming audio here - locally on your network (yes, there is the possibility of routing this across networks but if you're going through that much trouble you can implement a homegrown system much more reliably).
I find it interesting people go to bat for Apple when Apple screws over devs that makes a great product - and obviously are fans of Apple, and no, nothing RA was selling was illegal, that's just unfounded FUD. I've asked RA repeatedly to just build an interoperable product that has it's own streaming components that runs this way on Linux. At the time they said they had no plans - I really hope Apple pushes these guys over the edge to build products that can bridge the OS gap. Apple won't ever do anything along those lines.
meh. It's your computer. We really should be allowed to use it however we wish, if whatever it is you're doing is fostering innovation or solving problems.
Maybe it should be looked at on a per-app basis. or company. Apple should have relationships with these very talented software shops. They should of course not support anything that would cause harm. In my wildest dreams, right?
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Well, RogueAmoeba wares was always a bunch of semi-legal stuff, utilizing kernel hacks, private APIs and such.
semi-legal stuff
Ummmmm, I'm going to call BS on that. If What RA was doing was illegal Apple would have shut it down ASAP - especially if it was with regard to using some undocumented features of the core OS that Apple wanted to protect. We're talking about streaming audio here - locally on your network (yes, there is the possibility of routing this across networks but if you're going through that much trouble you can implement a homegrown system much more reliably).
I find it interesting people go to bat for Apple when Apple screws over devs that makes a great product - and obviously are fans of Apple, and no, nothing RA was selling was illegal, that's just unfounded FUD. I've asked RA repeatedly to just build an interoperable product that has it's own streaming components that runs this way on Linux. At the time they said they had no plans - I really hope Apple pushes these guys over the edge to build products that can bridge the OS gap. Apple won't ever do anything along those lines.
meh. It's your computer. We really should be allowed to use it however we wish, if whatever it is you're doing is fostering innovation or solving problems.
Maybe it should be looked at on a per-app basis. or company. Apple should have relationships with these very talented software shops. They should of course not support anything that would cause harm. In my wildest dreams, right?