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1. yreg · 1789763943 · focus · HN ↗

   Finally! So we have a little over a month between getting the simulator and first customers running our apps in Duo.

   I expect that most apps will look rather broken on release, but it will be smoothed out eventually.

   1. gyomu · 1789775322 · focus · HN ↗

      Apps that support iPad are 95% fine unless you do crazy custom things (which Apple has been telling developers for decades now that they shouldn’t do), and apps that are phone only are letterboxed, but still entirely usable.

      How many customers do you expect to be running on Duo for the first year of its existence?

      I’d be surprised if it was >0.01% for anyone. Apple wants you to drop everything to support all the bells and whistles for their new device, but even if you take 3 months to fix minor layout bugs, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.

      I have friends who dropped everything to support the Vision Pro, and I don’t think any of them felt like it was worth it in retrospect. Even the ones that got featured by Apple as a result didn’t see more than a few thousand downloads.

      1. AdamN · 1789797015 · focus · HN ↗

         > I have friends who dropped everything to support the Vision Pro, and I don’t think any of them felt like it was worth it in retrospect. Even the ones that got featured by Apple as a result didn’t see more than a few thousand downloads.

         They should remember that they got quite a bit of social capital within Apple by doing that and hopefully they're keeping those relationships warm. But yeah Vision Pro hasn't turned out to be a big ecosystem so far.

         1. AceJohnny2 · 1789798050 · focus · HN ↗

            > a bit of social capital within Apple by doing that and hopefully they're keeping those relationships warm

            That social capital and $5 will buy me a cup of coffee.

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