2018-05-07, 13:28
That would be me currently and I am so not interested in the App Store ... you got MrMC for that.
We had this discussion a dozens of times.
Going to the App Store would also interfere with our kodi release cycle. If apple says “use Xcode xyz NOW or you app will be removed from the store” I would have to jump and do so whenever Apple wants it.
That’s against my usual schedule which is more like “it’s done when it’s done”.
I just see zero benefits in having kodi in the AppStore according to the user count on iOS and the burden it contains for making Kodi compatible and the loops it would need to please their reviewers.
If someone steps up and says - “yeah I would do what is needed to make Kodi App Store compliant and I am willing to support the App Store for let’s say the next 5 years” and if the changes needed to be done in the code base are acceptable from a “feature list” point of view - I of course wouldn’t block it.
Also we should consider the fact that once we have the source code online for being App Store compliant - the chance that idiots fork and add their version to the App Store and make a quick buck might increase.
While this would of course be legal - I am definitely not the one who would like to pave the way for that. Because in my opinion people should earn their money with work they are doing not with the work others are doing.
Kodi on iOS is niche based on the user count. And it’s a wonder that nobody pulled the plug yet for iOS support now that I am more or less a passive team member currently.
We had this discussion a dozens of times.
Going to the App Store would also interfere with our kodi release cycle. If apple says “use Xcode xyz NOW or you app will be removed from the store” I would have to jump and do so whenever Apple wants it.
That’s against my usual schedule which is more like “it’s done when it’s done”.
I just see zero benefits in having kodi in the AppStore according to the user count on iOS and the burden it contains for making Kodi compatible and the loops it would need to please their reviewers.
If someone steps up and says - “yeah I would do what is needed to make Kodi App Store compliant and I am willing to support the App Store for let’s say the next 5 years” and if the changes needed to be done in the code base are acceptable from a “feature list” point of view - I of course wouldn’t block it.
Also we should consider the fact that once we have the source code online for being App Store compliant - the chance that idiots fork and add their version to the App Store and make a quick buck might increase.
While this would of course be legal - I am definitely not the one who would like to pave the way for that. Because in my opinion people should earn their money with work they are doing not with the work others are doing.
Kodi on iOS is niche based on the user count. And it’s a wonder that nobody pulled the plug yet for iOS support now that I am more or less a passive team member currently.
