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Re:Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Review by slg on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:25PM (#25126508)
>It’s a useless feature in search of a use-case.

This was true until just now. The use case is right at the end of OP's quote. These laptops now run iOS apps that are designed with touch as their primary or only interface. It is weird to include the functionality to run these apps but not the functionality to interact with them properly.

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Re:Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Review by diebeforei485 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:51PM (#25127928)
I think this is more of a nudge to Slack and Discord (and certain others) to make their Mac apps based on their iPad apps instead of Electron. And for some games to add keyboard support.

And once they do, others will follow. Except Google or Facebook, which will remain website-only because their whole businesses is based on ad networks across the web.

I don't think iOS apps that have poor UX on the Mac will be allowed in the Mac App Store long term.

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