Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla...
by mywittyname on Monday April 02, 2018 @04:19PM
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I would think that non-iOS software developers are still a big money maker for Apple. It seems like half of professional developers use Macbooks.
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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla...
by mediocrejoker on Monday April 02, 2018 @04:54PM
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Even though I am a non-iOSdeveloper who likes using a macbook, I can see how it would make sense for Apple to push out a small group of power users if their requirements conflict with features that enhance the experience for the majority of their users, for example something like sandboxing the entire OS away from the user. This would (ostensibly) be good for security and would only be a dealbreaker for a small minority.
As long as iOS developers aren't impacted, I'm not sure what the incentive is for Apple to allow that kind of access.