Can we see the move to ARM as a way to make apps for MacOS an AppStore only, the same was iOS is? I know this wont happen straight away, but it could be on the horizon once Intel compatibility is eventually removed. Jailbreak you Mac anyone?
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I've been trying to figure this out too. The Dice website puts out articles and one of their articles implied (perhaps speculated) today that yes...the days of independent non-AppStore will now be forbidden.
My company has been considering dropping our Apple product lines. If non-AppStore apps are forbidden, I guess we'll just become a Microsoft only firm...probably very, very quickly.
My company has been considering dropping our Apple product lines. If non-AppStore apps are forbidden, I guess we'll just become a Microsoft only firm...probably very, very quickly.
Installing applications from outside Mac App Store will still be possible on future macOSes per Apple's current public plans, so the move to ARM will not in itself have an effect on that policy or capability. Craig Federighi confirmed this in The Talk Show.
Nobody outside of Apple knows what their plans for say five years from now are, of course
Nobody outside of Apple knows what their plans for say five years from now are, of course
Yea I thought that too but would that not open them up to people wanting the same for iPadOS due to the compatibility?
The future will depend on how well behaved some developers and companies are. If ahem certain social network companies want their app running on macOS then they will need to stop collecting and selling user data for purposes of surveillance and oppression. I would not like those apps to be available outside the App Store with no safety checks. I would even go as far as blacklisting such harmful apps at the firmware level.
I imagine this is just one of the reasons why Apple keeps repeating that macOS is macOS and iOS is iOS. They - for the time being anyway - want to maintain a distinction between the associated product lines. That includes differences in software delivery.
Of course, Apple has long-term plans for all of their products and it's not a far-fetched idea that instead of a macOS 12 there's going to be an AppleOS or what have you in 10-20 years. Apple is deliberate and they constantly do small changes that build up to big shifts.