Beggar Barons of Software
Zed Shaw coins the term Beggar Barons in his blog post on being a popular software author begged to make significant changes to software to accommodate the large company’s needs. The recent situation involving Python vis-à-vis the Apple App Store reminds us of this phenomenon via Zed’s article. Python with iOS or Android requires using libpython in a compiled application, rather than the more typical terminal use–although there are apps that bring that experience to mobile devices as well.