Developers blast Apple for gifting review units to influencers while snubbing devs
rudrank · x · 2026-10-23
Developer tanmays criticizes Apple for leaving developers out of its iPhone Duo marketing push, sending review devices to influencers instead and leaving the media unaware of day-one app optimization issues. He urges Apple's WWDR team to connect developers with media reviewers. rudrank amplifies the take, noting nearly all developers had working updates on day one while the press had no idea.
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