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If you think Apple wont spend the next 5 years trying to bring this reality to applications running on their (currently) MacOS devices you're an idealist who's

If you think Apple wont spend the next 5 years trying to bring this reality to applications running on their (currently) MacOS devices you're an idealist who's in for a rude awakening.

lapcat 4y ago
The Mac App Store doesn't even have Search Ads. Not out of any difference in principle but just because the Mac App Store doesn't have enough traffic to justify it. A lot of things that are apps on iOS are simply web sites on macOS.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago
  > just because the Mac App Store doesn't have enough traffic to justify it. Yeah ok now you're an executive at Apple and you're tasked with fixing that issue, what do you do? Assuming your bonus is at stake here and you're not a HN reader who has a fundamental affinity to the concept of a "Computer" not a "Device"
  - lapcat 4y ago
    Well, Apple has already tried Universal Purchase, Catalyst, and iOS apps on Apple silicon, but none of that has moved the needle.
    - hda2 4y ago
      Slowly degrade, cripple, and eventually remove untaxed options like they have been doing with app authentication/gatekeeper. Problem solved.
      - lapcat 4y ago
        Not really, because many Mac apps can't even work with mandatory App Store sandboxing, so the apps would simply cease to exist rather than moving to the App Store.
        hda2 4y ago
        All the better. Either way, the end result will be the iOSification of macos.
MikusR 4y ago
https://twitter.com/simonbs/status/1585026888455659525 https://twitter.com/simonbs/status/1585026888455659525