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Scrappy – Make little apps for you and your friends

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463 points 8organicbits | 2 comments | 18 Jun 25 05:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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bowsamic ◴[18 Jun 25 06:28 UTC] No.44307156[source]▶
I would if Apple didn’t put such tight restrictions against hobby app creation
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WillAdams ◴[18 Jun 25 13:52 UTC] No.44309893[source]▶
I had great hopes for Applescript Studio, and was very hopeful it would grow into a widely-used HyperCard alternative.

https://macosxautomation.com/applescript/develop/index.html

seems to show the current state, which is a heavy lift for most people.

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1. bowsamic ◴[18 Jun 25 14:15 UTC] No.44310106[source]▶
Yeah a YouTube video on HyperCard made me realise that Apple just doesn’t care anymore and honestly neither do people, but I honestly think it is brainwashing. If you let people make their own apps then how do you serve them ads and take the 30% revenue cut?
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2. WillAdams ◴[18 Jun 25 14:44 UTC] No.44310357[source]▶
That's an excellent point, that enabling app development by users reduces the monetization potential --- but maybe it's something which would work for opensource?

I'd be very glad to see a platform for the Raspberry Pi (and similar devices) which would simultaneously be simple and easy for folks to access and use _and_ create the kind of sophisticated user interfaces folks are now accustomed to/expect to use for even basic tasks.