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This comes up every year and people still don't listen to the original justification for why Apple used iOS instead of OSX given they had a choice. OSX is desi

This comes up every year and people still don't listen to the original justification for why Apple used iOS instead of OSX given they had a choice. OSX is designed for a keyboard and mouse. iOS is designed for a finger. They have wildly different semantics e.g. precision, gestures that you can't abstract without ending up with a horribly compromised experience e.g. Windows tablet mode. And that's just not in Apple's DNA.

imiric 4y ago
> OSX is designed for a keyboard and mouse. iOS is designed for a finger. That line has been becoming blurrier for years now. iPadOS supports keyboard and mouse inputs, and the UI is moving closer to replicating a desktop experience on every release. macOS has supported touch gestures for a long time, and the UI is moving closer to resembling a mobile experience. It's not hard to imagine full convergence of both OSs and the devices that run them. As usual, Apple can claim to be the innovator in this change, even though competitors have been doing it, admittedly worse, much earlier.
kaba0 4y ago
iOS is a much more modern OS with secure basis. Keyboard and mouse vs touch is mostly just a “userspace” decision, but from Apple’s point of view, OSX has quite a bit of technical debt in several areas that are possibly impossible to fix, like security.