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I wonder what your response will be once Apple applies the walled garden approach to OS X. It hasn't happened yet, but the features they've been introducing the
by Cyph0n 11y ago
I wonder what your response will be once Apple applies the walled garden approach to OS X. It hasn't happened yet, but the features they've been introducing these past few releases are a clear indication of where they see OS X in the future.
- djrogers 11y ago> the features they've been introducing these past few releases are a clear indication of where they see OS X in the future. What features has apple added that inevitably lead to a walled garden on OS X that can't be more easily attributed to improved security?
- ebbv 11y agoPeople have been saying this since 2007. It's not happening. Apple has continued to add new APIs and update existing ones and they have not closed anything. In fact they just open sourced Swift which is the future of OS X and iOS development.
- BuckRogers 11y agoMy guess is that his response will be the same. But that isn't what Apple would do. They're not stupid to change OSX midstream on existing devices.. that's what MS is trying to do. They'll put a new form of iOS, with OSX backwards compatibility on new hardware. Where if you buy it, you're not getting OSX. You're getting iOS on a Macbook with some OSX shims in place for legacy software. Sidesteps every issue mentioned. But MS can't do this, because they don't have total vertical integration like Apple.