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They dropped rosetta 1, what makes you think they will keep supporting this one?

• jchw 1y ago
  Rosetta 1 wasn't really useful for much because PowerPC was a dead platform by the time Apple switched off of it. Rosetta 2 is used for much more than just compatibility with old macOS apps.
• GeekyBear 1y ago
  Rosetta 1 was licenced third party technology back when the company wasn't exactly rolling in money. https:/www.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit If you have to pay the licensing fee again every time you want to release a new version of the OS, you've got a fiscal incentive to sunset Rosetta early. Rosetta 2 was developed in-house. Apple owns it, so there is no fiscal reason to sunset it early.
  • LtWorf 1y ago
    > Apple owns it, so there is no fiscal reason to sunset it early. Except not having to pay to maintain it.
  • 15155 1y ago
    > so there is no fiscal reason to sunset it early. Silicon (or verification thereof) isn't free.