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> not improving macOS won’t make anyone upset enough to switch back I’m not so sure about this — although it may be due more to the hardware side of their busi
by klmr 9y ago
> not improving macOS won’t make anyone upset enough to switch back
I’m not so sure about this — although it may be due more to the hardware side of their business: after the recent, disappointing iteration of their MacBook Pros I’ve heard a lot of people considering to switch (and actually switching).
Taken together with software quality issues, I wouldn’t be surprised if at least a subgroup of users are leaving Apple gradually. That subgroup being professional users, of course: Apple is still unassailed as a status symbol, and casual (+ mobile) users seem more than happy.
- teddyh 9y agoNobody cares about what developers like in their computers, developers will go wherever the users are. And Apple now has a sizable chunk of computer users and an even larger chunk of smartphone users.
- bipson 9y agoThis only holds true if you consider lock-in IMO, e.g. you need a mac to develop iOS or mac apps, or you need a windows machine to develop windows apps. Otherwise I don't care which browser you are using to look at my pages, or which Desktop to run my qt app. There was a massive influx of developers switchting to mac laptops before it was popular with a majority of users (around 2008).
- m_fayer 9y agoThere's a big difference between a developer grudgingly keeping a cheap headless mini-computer under a stack of papers somewhere that gets used only as needed, and a developer using your system as their "home base" and buying into your entire ecosystem.
- teddyh 9y agoThat’s not a big difference for Apple. They’ve got their user base now, they don’t need developers to spread the word anymore.