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> How is it “disinformation”? Do you think anyone on HN doesn’t understand the statement to mean what I said for it to mean? At least one person[0] didn't unde

> How is it “disinformation”? Do you think anyone on HN doesn’t understand the statement to mean what I said for it to mean? At least one person[0] didn't understand and publicly stated as much. While iOS was originally spun off from macOS, it's very much it's own system, with there being no ability to run macOS applications on iOS, and vice versa (although the latter is slowly changing with recent macOS releases). Comparing the two is disingenuous at best. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21452862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21452862 EDIT: And here's at least one more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21453368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21453368

scarface74 7y ago
Well actually.., Most iOS app can run on MacOS - the iPhone simulator compiles iOS code natively to x86 and links to an x86 version of the iOS frameworks. Apple also introduced both catalyst and SwiftUI to make porting back and forth easier. And yes “words mean things”. I specifically said “variants.” So if again you want to be pedantic, I could just as easily say that Apple sells more iOS devices than all Windows PC makers combined. Also, if you want to try to exclude iPads from the iOS ecosystem because Apple now calls it “iPadOS”, iPads can still run iPhone apps.
- computerex 7y ago
  You can't run After effects or do software development on iOS. You can't run PHPStorm or docker or final cut pro. I see the iPad/iOS as being usable for a very small slice of professionals.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Guess what? Most people aren’t developers nor do they run After Effects. They do however run Office. Photoshop was also just introduced for mobile. Heck most people don’t do anything with their personal computers but “consumption” and even that has been moving to mobile
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > Most iOS app can run on MacOS - the iPhone simulator compiles iOS code natively to x86 and links to an x86 version of the iOS frameworks. Yeah, except no app developer ships their simulator build to customers to run in the iOS Simulator…
  - scarface74 7y ago
    They are starting to ship Catalyst based apps though....

scarface74 7y ago

Well actually.., Most iOS app can run on MacOS - the iPhone simulator compiles iOS code natively to x86 and links to an x86 version of the iOS frameworks. Apple also introduced both catalyst and SwiftUI to make porting back and forth easier. And yes “words mean things”. I specifically said “variants.” So if again you want to be pedantic, I could just as easily say that Apple sells more iOS devices than all Windows PC makers combined. Also, if you want to try to exclude iPads from the iOS ecosystem because Apple now calls it “iPadOS”, iPads can still run iPhone apps.

computerex 7y ago
You can't run After effects or do software development on iOS. You can't run PHPStorm or docker or final cut pro. I see the iPad/iOS as being usable for a very small slice of professionals.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Guess what? Most people aren’t developers nor do they run After Effects. They do however run Office. Photoshop was also just introduced for mobile. Heck most people don’t do anything with their personal computers but “consumption” and even that has been moving to mobile
saagarjha 7y ago
> Most iOS app can run on MacOS - the iPhone simulator compiles iOS code natively to x86 and links to an x86 version of the iOS frameworks. Yeah, except no app developer ships their simulator build to customers to run in the iOS Simulator…
- scarface74 7y ago
  They are starting to ship Catalyst based apps though....