Apple is building the metaverse substrate

Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate by carl_dr on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:20PM (#27583899)

> OK, but Microsoft is in the best position to create great, integrated, first-class technologies that build on how great Windows is.

For a few years now there has been some noise that Apple’s Pro hardware lineup isn’t Pro, that macOS is becoming more locked down and more iOS-like, that the software is buggier than ever, and - until they dropped their App Store split to 15% for small developers - that 30% was too high a price.

With WSL, and VScode and GitHub Microsoft are making a (messy, so far) play for developers. But as you point out, they didn’t take it to the nth degree and nail the execution. I wonder if they’ve missed the opportunity now.

I develop for web on macOS, and have all Apple hardware, so maybe I’m missing some of the other things Microsoft have done.

Maybe it is the lack of verticality MS have, and the integration between devices, something they can never match Apple on that means there hasn’t been the transition they were aiming for. That’s why I’ve not switched.

I’ll be very interested to hear what people think about this.

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Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate by tomjen3 on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:31PM (#27584043)

I would say MS nailed VScode remote development. It is seriously, seriously good. I used it during WFH and while VS didn't work nearly as well as the version of IDEA I was using the remote part worked so well I would forget I was working remote.

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