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> They will probably retire Rosetta2 in a few years, like they did with Rosetta. Counterpoint: The PPC-to-Intel version of Rosetta was licensed technology (Qui
by duskwuff 3y ago
> They will probably retire Rosetta2 in a few years, like they did with Rosetta.
Counterpoint: The PPC-to-Intel version of Rosetta was licensed technology (QuickTransit); Apple was undoubtedly paying for it, possibly even per user, so there were financial reasons for them to get users off of it ASAP.
Rosetta 2 was developed in-house by Apple, so there isn't the same hard timeline to get users to stop using it. I wouldn't expect it to survive long beyond support for running the OS on x86, though.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoYes, just like they had valid technical reasons to kill 32-bit iOS apps. The point is that they don’t go above and beyond like Microsoft (although of course even MS has deprecated e.g. 16-bit apps).
- tinus_hn 3y agoOn the bright side, the end result is that on Mac there are only apps that have been updated this decade.
- Dah00n 3y agoIs the lack of an app a good thing?
- tinus_hn 3y agoIt can be because it’s an incentive to create a new, up-to-date app.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoNot if the developer isn’t around anymore.
- tinus_hn 3y agoIn a world with only one developer, yes. In the real world, where other developers can create new apps that do the same thing better, more secure, easier or in a more modern way, no.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoAlso in the real world, where (for any number of reasons) users sometimes prefer older apps regardless, yes.
- tinus_hn 3y agoAnd sometimes users do not get what they prefer and they have to make do with what they get. In the Microsoft world and in the Apple world. Tough luck. It’s not worth living in the past because some hypothetical users want to cling to it. It’s worth promoting innovation because innovation is replacing old things with better new things.
- Etherlord87 3y agoThis is basically the defense of bad deeds: bad deeds inspire others to do good deeds.
- tinus_hn 3y agoNo, the absence of a bad thing creates room for a good thing. Because an old, out of date application is not available, there is a viable market for a new, up-to-date application that serves the same purpose.
- account42 3y agoGee isn't it great when modern businesses don't have to compete with decades old software and can sell you their crapware for whatever price they want because there is no alternative.
- tinus_hn 3y agoThe general idea behind capitalism is that the market provides alternatives. Why would there only be evil giant corporations whose applications are so bad that they would be trumped by those great ancient, obsolete applications? There is also room for small vendors to provide innovative new alternative, and for the open source community to try their hand. The reality is that on the Apple platforms these ancient, obsolete applications are not available and instead there are new, modern, better applications because there is a market for them. While on the Windows platform it’s a big, inconsistent insecure mess because everyone is clinging to obsolete, unsupported software that is barely good enough. By the way, keep pressing that button you think is the disagree button!
- account42 3y agoIs incentivizing churn a good thing?
- tinus_hn 3y agoIs it really fair to characterize replacing a 30 year old app as churn?
- BirAdam 3y agoIt could last longer if gaming with their game porting toolkit gets big enough to drive more Mac sales. Money talks.
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- o1y32 3y agoThat's a long shot. I wouldn't hold my breath for seeing the day when gaming on Mac is a real choice for big games.
- kalleboo 3y ago> I wouldn't expect it to survive long beyond support for running the OS on x86 Even if the support for running x86 Mac GUI apps along with x86 macOS, they might still keep the technology around for docker, linux VMs, etc.