How long before #Xcode is a subscription app?
I don’t use Xcode Cloud but I foresee a future where they are charging monthly just to edit code and then give apps away in the store.
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@patrickmcconnell Goodness. I hope never.
@patrickmcconnell I remember a time when Xcode did cost money. :)
@dasdom @patrickmcconnell what?! Hoping it doesn’t go back to that.
@Alexjusino @patrickmcconnell Honestly I would happily pay $10/months or more if Xcode wasn’t such a huge pile of garbage.
@dasdom @patrickmcconnell I just started coding two years ago, I have nothing to compare it to. How is it lacking against other IDE’s?
@Alexjusino @dasdom @patrickmcconnell I don’t think it’s bad. I spent 20+ years using Visual Studio — not VS Code — and many years using its predecessor. I’ve used “IDE’s” on Linux, they were not great, and I’ve used VS Code for about the last year. They all have their plusses and minuses, but overall Xcode isn’t bad at all.
I didn’t care much for it when Xcode and Interface Builder were separate apps. It’s better now.
@fahrni @dasdom @patrickmcconnell I dont have strong opinions on Xcode, it either works or it doesn’t.
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@fahrni @Alexjusino @dasdom I use Visual Studio and Android Studio along with Xcode all the time. Anyone who tells you any one of them is nirvana is confused.
I also cobble together my own “IDE" with BBEdit, Nova or VS Code (before it became a CoPilot frontend) and there are always pros/cons
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