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Pure speculation: This is about visionOS. Photo editing is the least friction "pro" task to bring to a spatial computing platform. The other options I consider

Pure speculation: This is about visionOS. Photo editing is the least friction "pro" task to bring to a spatial computing platform. The other options I considered: ⁃ Renewed interesting in pro use cases in general. I don't see enough incentive for this. Apple's historical interest in this was winning over creatives, but particularly creatives interested in photography are already won. ⁃ Apple wanted the tech for something on iOS. I don't think there's enough "special sauce" tech Pixelmator has to justify this. Pixelmator's tech is only valuable as a full package.

robenkleene 2y ago
I think Pixelmator probably already runs on visionOS (I don't have one personally) but I doubt they spend enough engineering resources to make it amazing because the ROI isn't worth it for a third party company. But of course Apple can make Pixelmator amazing on visionOS without even noticing the cost.
surfingdino 2y ago
Hasn't Apple just discontinued Vision Pro?
- echoangle 2y ago
  Did they? Do you have a link? All I can find is some rumors about reducing production.
  - latexr 2y ago
    They didn’t. The thing you found about reducing production is likely what GP is thinking of. The headlines had several people thinking the same as them on first read. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925329 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925329
- latexr 2y ago
  They have not. They stopped production on the current version of the hardware, which is not the same thing as discontinuing the product. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925006
- robenkleene 2y ago
  There have been a couple of bits in the news about Vision Pro, the specific hardware product. Nobody knows their plans for the future of the platform as a whole though. They just hosted a developer event for visionOS a few weeks ago https://www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2024/10/3/a-cozy-wwdc https://www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2024/10/3/a-cozy-wwdc
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- dagmx 2y ago
  They literally just released it in two more countries this week. So no.

robenkleene 2y ago

I think Pixelmator probably already runs on visionOS (I don't have one personally) but I doubt they spend enough engineering resources to make it amazing because the ROI isn't worth it for a third party company. But of course Apple can make Pixelmator amazing on visionOS without even noticing the cost.

surfingdino 2y ago

Hasn't Apple just discontinued Vision Pro?

echoangle 2y ago
Did they? Do you have a link? All I can find is some rumors about reducing production.
- latexr 2y ago
  They didn’t. The thing you found about reducing production is likely what GP is thinking of. The headlines had several people thinking the same as them on first read. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925329 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925329
latexr 2y ago
They have not. They stopped production on the current version of the hardware, which is not the same thing as discontinuing the product. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41925006
robenkleene 2y ago
There have been a couple of bits in the news about Vision Pro, the specific hardware product. Nobody knows their plans for the future of the platform as a whole though. They just hosted a developer event for visionOS a few weeks ago https://www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2024/10/3/a-cozy-wwdc https://www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2024/10/3/a-cozy-wwdc
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dagmx 2y ago
They literally just released it in two more countries this week. So no.