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> VPs seem to think they're making products only for the stereotypical technophobic grandpa, rather than power users. Hasn't Apple always been "computers for p
by jimmaswell 3y ago
> VPs seem to think they're making products only for the stereotypical technophobic grandpa, rather than power users.
Hasn't Apple always been "computers for people who don't want to think about computers", while power users finding the tech interesting is just an accident?
- kristjansson 3y agoThat's exactly who they're making products for. Buy it, hand it over, and kids from age 1 to 92 will be just fine. Developer interest in Apple is the product of macOS being incidentally a Real UNIX, the hardware being second to none, and the aforementioned market of kids 1-92 being quite large.
- concinds 3y agoThe third-party developers that built the platform are becoming increasingly resentful of Apple and of the platform. It hurts all of us if they switch, even if we just want to "never think about computers". This isn't 2012 anymore. Developers are into freedom and openness, and either Apple aligns itself, or Mac/iOS will have just as much appeal to cool indie devs as Android/Windows (a fraction of its current appeal). Apple platforms no longer feel exciting to devs.