<story><title>Cocoa Touch apps (2007)</title><url>https://twitter.com/techemails/status/1400270458608664577</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aaronbrethorst</author><text>I just realized that more time has elapsed since the iPhone launched (about 14 years: 2007 - 2021) than had between when Jobs returned to Apple and the iPhone launched (about 11 years: 1996-2007). Yikes.&lt;p&gt;Also, the three month deadline helps explain why the iPhoneOS SDK was such a mess when it first launched.</text></comment>
<story><title>Cocoa Touch apps (2007)</title><url>https://twitter.com/techemails/status/1400270458608664577</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mortenjorck</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Let&amp;#x27;s protect the user, by keeping control of [...] which entities can distribute apps (implies: signing infrastructure, policies, etc...)&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagine an alternate universe where this foundational goal of the iOS SDK was interpreted just a little more loosely, with something closer to MacOS notarization, and an App Store that had to compete just like the Mac App Store.</text></comment>