I think he meant more generally. ARC, as a general algorithm, has killed the need for garbage collection, as a general algorithm [I]anywhere[/I]. As supposed to

I think he meant more generally. ARC, as a general algorithm, has killed the need for garbage collection, as a general algorithm [I]anywhere[/I]. As supposed to what you're saying: ARC, Apple's implementation of ARC, has persuaded Apple to abandon their GC implementation. These are two very different meanings (but yes, in Apple's case ARC has killed GC because of particular characteristics and needs of Apple's developer toolchain and environment).