While there are plenty of impressive perks M1 has to offer elsewhere, trading OpenGL and 32-bit support for Arm & Metal means trading access from the most creative and innovative sector of the gaming industry (the indie & AA market) for the most derivative and exploitative (mobile titles).
"Woah, pricing/releasing this game this way was part of our mobile strategy, not our desktop strategy - how dare you run that game on a computer!"
I know not all iOS apps target all devices - some are iPad only, etc. Is Apple allowing developers to arbitrarily prevent their apps from running on Macs? Can an app tell it's running on a Mac rather than an iPad?
“All iPhone apps and iPad apps that run on Apple silicon Macs will be published automatically on the Mac App Store, unless you edit their availability. Edit Availability | Learn More”
(Fuck Google in particular for actively hindering iOS Picture-in-Picture for years)
I‘m sure most developers will opt out soon enough though and who knows if it even works for Audio Units.
- Notification system integration
- File management integration
I think if they get that right Apple does indeed have a game changer.
Yeah but where is the border? There are lot of games on iOS that are basically the same as on PC/consoles maybe with a different UI and lower graphics. But you get the same features and experience.
You can now play GTA San Andreas on your Mac cause it was released on iOS. And it's one of the best game ever https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/i...
Genshin Impact which is currently one of the hottest game? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/genshin-impact/id1517783697
I see no difference really
There is some hope with games made specifically for controllers that are not hobbled by on screen controls but still. Claims of “console level graphics” are only true because a PS3 is a console, which is about the level of graphics an iOS device can handle.
no point buying a nintendo switch much less a proper mac.
I can get by with non-apple silicon arm Chromebooks like the wonderful lenovo duet
macos probably runs this now given its pretty popular on iPad right now. Open world games usually only launch on consoles/PC but unreal engine allows games like this to arrive on mobile platforms as well.
mobile games need to lose some of the stigma when they keep gaining console like titles in the app stores
If a user can download and run the Amazon Prime app, why bother supporting Safari? The App version supports detection of VPNs, supports analytics etc...
Same applies with Netflix, Disney+ etc...
Then there are the devs which have OS X and iOS apps. Why would they maintain two code bases when now they can just support the iOS app and work on both? The app itself will be more optimal because it's designed for ARM/mobile so is likely newer with a cleaner architecture.
At least for me, to purchase books on Amazon for my kindle app. Can't do that in the kindle app or prime app.
80% of the App Store Revenue are Gaming on both iPhone and Android.
Fortnite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KsQ27Ddtyw
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=hk2u622s
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10614/
Also I used the PS4 Remote Play with the Dualshock controller on Mac and it worked perfectly
https://remoteplay.dl.playstation.net/remoteplay/lang/en/ps4...
I’ll wait to use ARM on a desktop computer until an OS/platform with more freedom and a much better UI commonly runs on ARM. That will be Windows.
The only operating system left that you still have to pay for and get third-party ads anyway, with ""telemetry"" you cannot permanently disable and an inconsistent Escheresque nightmare of a UI.
You can turn off all telemetry [0] in the Windows Enterprise edition which can be purchased by anyone if they bother looking. Even if you couldn’t, anything is better than Apple’s prison and their woefully inadequate UI that everybody here has to spend time and money buying 3rd party apps to fix.
Also, next time you open up the app store that you have no choice in using on one of your iDevices or soon on your Mac, think about all the third party ads you’re definitely not looking at and all the telemetry that is definitely not being collected there.
[0] and “ads” if that’s what you call a single icon for a 3rd party app which only appears once after installation.
You think you don't pay for mac OS?
> get third-party ads anyway
Not getting any? On start bar? It can simply be resized to hide ads.
> an inconsistent Escheresque nightmare of a UI.
Some FUD spread by apple fans. Windows, GTK, and QT are all pretty good. There may be small problems but the look and feel of UI is not why I buy a computer.