> Some OS vendors think they own and control the devices you have paid for
> 2.1.5.2 Android Lunacy
> In its infinite wisdom Google has decided to not give you any option to bypass this restriction.
I really dislike this tone and trend in engineering projects - I understand cross-platform developer frustration as much as the next guy, but snide, cynical comments come across as unprofessional and naive. If it truly bothers you so much, don't support those platforms. Be the change you want to see.
I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows. Not parse a manifesto.
Why should a free tool need to come across as "professional" though. There's enough boring "professionalism" in the documentation of commercial tools where the legal department makes double-sure that nothing slips through.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with the authors putting their personal opinion into the documentation of their tool and voicing their frustration about shortcomings of "professional" platforms they have no power to change anyway.
I recently came to a realization about negativity in my communication with others in technical discussion and documentation, using a lot of similar language to the authors', and after looking in the mirror a bit I found I was being a jackass that prevented growth of projects that I work on, professionally or otherwise. Don't take that to mean anything about this work, it's a comment on myself.
If I come off as a hypocrite, I apologize. I was just trying to highlight that I dislike negativity in documentation because it's not nice to poop on someone else's work. But its paradoxical to highlight that in others' work without seeming like you're pooping on it.
It is cynic, but for platforms such as Android or iOS it is fully deserved IMHO. You'd _want_ to support these because, in all likelihood, you _have_ to work with them.
> I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows
Funny enough, you're also showing your frustration with cynical comments which come across as unprofessional and naive.
Windows (x86, x64)
Linux (x86, x64, ARM, ARM64)
Android (ARM, ARM64, x86)
FreeBSD (x64)
Cygwin (x64)
MinGW (x64)
WSL (x64)
OSX (x64)
iOS (ARM, ARM64)