[servus45678981]

It would be even a bigger mistake not to. Such platforms should not be ignored as they are big enough to be important.

[alerighi]

They should. The only way to make these platform disappear is to ignore them for open source project.

To me the mistake of open source software is to make programs compatible with proprietary operating systems, this way people that use these OS benefit from the open software, while people that use open operating systems cannot benefit from proprietary software that usually is exclusively for Windows or macOS.

Beside that, this adds a lot of work to the open source community, work that could have been better invested focusing on open source and not wasting time ensuring compatibility with the latest Windows or macOS release working around crap and restrictions that these companies impose to distribute the programs in their platform (e.g. all the signing requirements, paying fees in case of Apple app store, etc.)

Not that the user of open source software cannot run it on iOS or Windows, he can, but it has to port it there themself, no official support from the developers shall be ensured. Just distribute binaries for Linux and Android.

[servus45678981]

Android and most of its binaries are in some way or another proprietary. Things like drivers and google play won‘t go away. It is the wrong approach, grow up.

[pjmlp]

It has been doing wonders for Desktop Linux and Linux mobile phones.

[amelius]

Okay, so perhaps we need an even stricter license than GPL.

[binary132]

it is a total fantasy to imagine that a few nerds can make iOS disappear by opting out.

[amelius]

Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple (unless Apple says I can), it is clear that I don't own my phone. So it seems fair that Apple then is the one paying for the efforts of getting FOSS support on their device.

[cqqxo4zV46cp]

Thankfully, you and Apple aren’t the only two choices here. That’s the thing about open source, isn’t it? Someone else is free to go and do it. And they are. The system is working as it should.

[ElFitz]

> Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple (unless Apple says I can)

Today, that’s only partially true, finally, depending on where in the world you live.

[Aaargh20318]

> Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple

That’s weird. When I browse the App Store it’s full of free apps.

[KeplerBoy]

Python seems to do pretty well ignoring iOS.

[servus45678981]

Well Android and Windows are starting to struggle with marketshare so… not everyone wants to be converted to Linux and that is a fact

[jojobas]

Such platforms should be ignored by everyone way before they become big.