Avoiding singletons in Swift

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Avoiding singletons in Swift

"I know singletons are bad, but...", is something that developers often say when discussing code. There seems to almost be a consensus in the community that singletons are "bad", but at the same time both Apple and third party Swift developers keep using them both internally within apps and in shared frameworks. This week, let's take a look at exactly what the problems are with using singletons and explore some techniques that can be used to avoid them.

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