In a surprise development today, InstallAware Software was contacted by a Personal Assistant of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who announced InstallAware‘s selection as one of Apple’s new Free Distribution Partnership Program Pilot members.
The AFDPPP pivots away from Apple’s entrenched App Store policies, making use of Apple’s in-app purchase systems entirely voluntary. A vaguely related protracted legal battle had recently taken place between Apple and Epic Games, with escalation all the way to the Supreme Court at some point or the other of the proceedings.
Ms. April Furst, Personal Assistant to Mr. Cook, said “This Epic lawsuit was a wake up call for us at Apple. It may have reminded us our goal was to make the world a better place. It would seem we may or may not have lost sight of that original goal at some point or the other along the way. We asked our resident AI about this, and it suggested we drop our fear based programming. It highlighted the amount of cash we’ve piled in the bank might afford us the opportunity to let some developers self-publish/monetize here and there, and the AFDPPP was born.“
Unfortunately, InstallAware has yet to hear from the liaison assigned at Apple to coordinate this effort with InstallAware. Ms. Yavsak Gevrekkizi, Apple’s formally designated liaison, has thus far declined to initiate the onboarding process; instead emailing a brief note that read “I am neither the only person at Apple who is capable of undertaking this job…nor the most qualified person for this job. I am not sure I can run point for this task, given all this perceived pressure of other entities at Apple who may or may not be better poised to run point for said task.” InstallAware Software patiently awaits further guidance from Apple for details regarding the AFDPPP.
Edit: Sadly, the deal fell through. We understand InstallAware‘s insistence that Apple remove the artificial limit of two macOS virtual machines per device broke the talks.