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> It’s notable that without this last-ditch effort we would have been effectively blocked from releasing a native Apple Silicon version for an indefinite period
by Toutouxc 6y ago
> It’s notable that without this last-ditch effort we would have been effectively blocked from releasing a native Apple Silicon version for an indefinite period.
Effectively blocked from releasing it for the single-digit-percentage of people who run an antivirus on a Mac.
Does anyone have credible numbers on this?
- dilly_li 6y agoi.e. all the folks who are using a macbook from work -- I don't think that's a small fraction.
- terhechte 6y agoThe IT department at the place where I work installs antivirus on all Macs. I’d guess it is the same at most bigger corporations
- dpkonofa 6y agoDoesn't that assume that all these IT departments and corporations are using the anti-virus software in question? I feel like most AV software vendors were aware of the ARM transition and would know to look for the new Universal Binaries...
- msh 6y agoBut was it not just a specific product?
- rockdoe 6y agoHow many anti-viruses for macOS are there exactly? If it's the most popular one (whatever that is), it probably doesn't change much about the problem.
- rkangel 6y agoThey can't selectively release Firefox. If 5% of machines have AV, then the new version of Firefox wouldn't have worked for 5% of machines. That's far too high a failure rate to release.