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Re:Writing ARM64 Code for Apple Platforms by amelius on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:30PM (#27621928)
> Apple thinks of it’s products like game consoles.

And at the same time Apple expects me to build my business on those products.

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Re:Writing ARM64 Code for Apple Platforms by bobsomers on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:17PM (#27622569)
Plenty of games run on multiple consoles, despite having completely different operating systems, graphics APIs, etc.

It's certainly a pain, but cross-platform development has always been a thing so it's not a unique pain to Apple platforms.

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Re:Writing ARM64 Code for Apple Platforms by amelius on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:49PM (#27622946)
It's not just the development. It's the fact the Apple takes control over the distribution of software on their platform.
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Re:Writing ARM64 Code for Apple Platforms by rad_gruchalski on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:08PM (#27625989)
“Expects” is a stretch. “Encourages”, “wants”, “likes to” more like.
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Re:Writing ARM64 Code for Apple Platforms by amelius on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:13AM (#27628940)
They call their products "Pro".
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