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I cannot use Linux or BSD, as - for instance - I am an almost 20-year daily user of Logic Pro. I’d lose access to 20 or so years of musical projects, and I’d
by lostgame 4y ago
I cannot use Linux or BSD, as - for instance - I am an almost 20-year daily user of Logic Pro.
I’d lose access to 20 or so years of musical projects, and I’d have to get used to some completely new DAW, none of which appeal to me.
I also do iOS and WatchOS development as my main source of income, meaning I’m completely stuck on MacOS. I make a lot of money doing it and it’s kept me solidly employed for a decade.
So - while I personally can’t jump over to any alternative OS without shooting myself in the foot - maybe I can suggest these to friends who possibly could, or are thinking about alternatives to MacOS. :)
- smoldesu 4y agoI feel bad for the people locked-in to MacOS for petty reasons like that. On switching to Linux I had to leave behind a couple years of Ableton Live project files which was disappointing, but it also pushed me to use Bitwig which besides being better in most respects, had cross-platform project files. I sympathize with you, and I'm glad you're sharing this message. Vendor lock-in is a sin against god.
- redwall_hp 4y agoI don't use Logic, but I fairly recently decided to pick up digital music as a hobby (I like Studio one and Reaper) and have found that VSTs are a huge issue with that. I own Arturia's Analog Lab, which I don't imagine works on Linux...and buying a non-Intel Mac in the future is also a point of issue since I don't imagine Vocaloid4 voice banks work on M1 without running your entire DAW in Rosetta mode. Once again, it's clear that despite my preference for MacOS and Linux, Windows is the only way forward for long-term compatibility with software that isn't produced as an ongoing service. Whether it's specialty software that isn't updated constantly forever, or games, the lack of commitment to backwards compatibility is destructive.