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Re:iOS Menu by whywhywhywhy on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:12AM (#18831992)
To me Marzipan feels more like they want to give pro app developers less excuses to not make iPad versions of their apps.

iPad has way more need for pro apps than OSX does for iPad apps.

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Re:iOS Menu by gurkendoktor on Sunday January 06, 2019 @06:04AM (#18837717)
What if Marzipan was never about pro apps, or convergence of operating systems, or any of that? I think the Apple community is overthinking it because everyone is focussing on whether iPads are the workstations of tomorrow.

Right now many small "utility" apps for iOS don't have a macOS version. With Marzipan they might add one, which will make it easier to sell Macs to iPhone users. "See! Your Twitter apps and To Do lists are right there waiting for you!" It just needs to be good enough to work as a gateway drug.

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