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Is Apple really expecting developers to port their tools to the arm macs with their iOS policies (that I’m sure they are salivating to establish for macOS). Go

Is Apple really expecting developers to port their tools to the arm macs with their iOS policies (that I’m sure they are salivating to establish for macOS). Good luck to them and their iOS developer minions.

andrekandre 6y ago
if in the end, tactics like this drive technically minded people away from their platforms, it will in the end, hurt them (less innovative and polished apps)... its sad... i remember the days when os x was hitting home run after home run, and polished third-party (many indie) innovative apps were flourishing... maybe im just being nostalgic idk
zepto 6y ago
Why wouldn’t they? Macs and iOS devices are for completely different purposes.
- sheeshkebab 6y ago
  What’s such a special purpose for a Mac? Running Xcode? This lock down will just get worse as they allow running iOS apps on macs and developers start hacking these things to bits and bypassing AppStore. Apple will have no choice but to make macOS basically follow iOS model.
  - zepto 6y ago
    Maybe, or maybe they’ll just tolerate some amount of piracy on the Mac. It wouldn’t impact iOS at all, so it wouldn’t be any worse than the current situation.