> Funnily enough, I’d say this is the biggest rationale for Apple going ARM for Macs, which is to make the development environment exactly the same as their dep

> Funnily enough, I’d say this is the biggest rationale for Apple going ARM for Macs, which is to make the development environment exactly the same as their deployment targets, namely iOS, iPadOS, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and soon, MacOS. No it's not. This is a negligable advantage for iOS developers (I am one and don't care about this at all). Improving the developer experience a bit does not bring enough value to Apple to make such a risky and expensive move.