{"id":1021,"date":"2010-09-11T14:56:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-11T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t-machine.org\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2010-09-11T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-11T13:56:42","slug":"apple-keeping-it-complex-impenetrable-unusable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/11\/apple-keeping-it-complex-impenetrable-unusable\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple: Keepin’ it Complex, Impenetrable, Unusable…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple runs a conference each year (“WWDC”) where they provide documentation and material that developers MUST use – but isn’t available elsewhere.<\/p>\n

That’s OK – they record it all, and the slides, and make it available free afterwards.<\/p>\n

Except …<\/p>\n

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  1. You can’t download it from the web, you can only download from inside iTunes – Apple doesn’t like the web, they insist you use iTunes\n
  2. You can’t find it on iTunes, you can only find it on the web – Apple’s proprietary “iTunes University” declares that the files don’t exist. Even if you’ve got them downloaded. But google finds it quick and easy.\n<\/ol>\n

    I *guess* this is because some “genius” at Apple declared that since you need a Developer account (cost: $99) to download the content, they would remove it from their (proprietary, low-quality) search engine “just in case a BAD PERSON got to see the mere existence of this content!”.<\/p>\n

    Of course … if iTunes is already checking my account is allowed to download this stuff before downloading it … how much of a “genius” would it take to merely make the SAME check when displaying search results?<\/p>\n

    Google, Yahoo, Bing, et al: +1
    \nApple: -1000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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