After about a decade of supporting 3rd party software on Apple platforms (now, against my will and advice most of the time) I think other people need to come to

After about a decade of supporting 3rd party software on Apple platforms (now, against my will and advice most of the time) I think other people need to come to the realization that Apple doesn't give a shit about 3rd party developers and their ultimate goal is to block you from making anything more useful than what Apple provides as first party software. All APIs are provided begrudgingly and with a deep distrust of anyone using them and as much friction placed between developers and users.