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At the end of the day Mac users are so few in number and cost so much to retain and acquire that it's not worth the dev cycles to make Mac native software. MacO
by duped 5y ago
At the end of the day Mac users are so few in number and cost so much to retain and acquire that it's not worth the dev cycles to make Mac native software. MacOS is slightly better than Windows to target as a developer, and fine to use if you disable all the nag/scare messages that $App wants to be able to save your preferences - but it's just cheaper and easier to make a web app today.
- alwillis 5y agoAt the end of the day Mac users are so few in number and cost so much to retain… You're kidding, right? In its nearly 40 year history, the Mac has never sold better; Apple has had many consecutive record quarters since the start of the pandemic. It's obviously not just about price and consumers; several companies bought boatloads of Macs for their developers: "Uber, Twitter among companies giving engineers 'fully loaded' M1 Max MacBook Pro": https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/08/uber-twitter-among-companies-giving-engineers-fully-loaded-m1-max-macbook-pro https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/08/uber-twitter-amon...
- duped 5y agoThey're great laptops. How many of those developers are targeting MacOS though? iOS has 50% market share in the US. It makes sense why Uber and Twitter (a pittance of desktop users) buys them - they have to.
- saagarjha 5y agoMacs are basically standard developer hardware at well funded tech companies, for all sorts of engineers besides just iOS teams.
- pjmlp 5y agoOnly if you happen to live in the US or countries with similar salary levels and writing UNIX software or iOS/iPad/watchOS is all that those "developers" care about.
- checker659 5y agoI never understood this argument. Apple is releasing more macs this year. The number of users are in the billions.
- pmontra 5y agoBillions of Mac users? All of them on this planet? /s