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The Apple discussion forums are full of users who downloaded a sketchy app on their Mac only to be hosed by it, screaming for help and blaming Apple. Yet they still bitch and moan about macOS’s SIP and “signed” requirements. Triple that when developers can avoid the App Store and trick iOS users into installing all manner of scam software that compromises their device and/or privacy. Of course Apple always gets the blame when that happens. It’s like death and taxes.

It’s probably coming and it will hard to have sympathy for iOS users who get hosed by a bad app on their iPhone or iPad.

MacPro said:

As we know, currently, no half decent game written for PC can run under VMs or emulation very well if at all.  I wonder if this might change with M1 and M1X etc and ARM Windows on a Mac.  Or, better yet, the big gaming companies might wake up to the paradigm shift that is underway and bring out ARM versions.  Steam-M anyone?

Stop yammering about Windows on ASi Macs. The theory that Macs being able to run Windows has had a significant impact on Mac sales is nonsense. And we are still in the early infancy of the ASi transition and we have no clue as to what’s in the labs for development at Apple, or Microsoft, or others.

xyzzy01 said:

goodbyeranch said:

TLDR Someone doesn't think its worth it to replace his old laptop or learn new tech to support a tiny sliver of a microscopic partcile of a market.

While the first part - not replacing his laptop - sounded strange, the second is an issue. As Apple has gotten bigger, they've moved away from open standards and created their own products. In this case, they've deprecated OpenGL (after not their version for a long time) and created their own graphics API - Metal. That makes porting much more work and less interesting - and as a long time Apple user, it's something I don't like too. It will make porting harder, maintenance harder and create more platform-specific bugs. It will also make less ports happen.

So what you are advocating is that Apple cease being Apple and just become one of the also-rans? Nice. Since when has Apple ever in its long history just acquiesced to whatever the rest of the world was doing? They have always done their own thing and been supremely successful at it. Why do some continue to demand that Apple follow the crowd so that lazy developers can easily ‘port’ their garbage to the Mac?

Since when have ‘ports’ to the Mac been worth a damn? Sounds to me like a lazy developer unwilling to stay up-to-date. I wonder what he plans to do when other platforms start migrating to in-house SoC’s? With the advent of Apple Silicon it seems inevitable this is the direction things are going.

But hey, it’s his company and he can do what he wants. I remember WAY BACK when Electronic Arts (AE) solemnly announced it was ceasing development of games for the Apple ][ platform. To this day they don’t produce games for macOS. And we all know how badly that has affected Apple. 

GeorgeBMac said:

Samsung's (and others) hardware has long out performed Apple's -- it's a combination of them pushing the technological envelope as well as a later release.

But, one Apple feature they will never, ever be able to duplicate:   Apple's ecosystem that promotes security/privacy, stability and reliability and seamless interoperability.

For myself, i would always go with the superior hardware and open architecture -- except I'm not willing to sacrifice Apple's ecosystem to get it.   So, I'm happily stuck with Apple

I think the psychological term for your condition is Stockholm Syndrome. The victim falls in love with the abuser and can’t leave. You think Apple makes inferior products yet you are unable to switch. Try harder.