![]() (I have a family but the “actually wants to use it” bit is lacking.) It’s an economic decision but it does make an app much more attractive – if you have a “family” that actually wants to use it. I view free versions as tasters for paid versions, rather than tolerating adverts.įamily sharing allows members of your family (as defined to Apple) to share apps, iCloud storage, etc. There are a couple of things I rather like:īy the way, it seems to me to be perfectly OK to use free apps in perpetuity – but the developer generally has to be paid somehow. Apps really should be native for the best performance – and why would you want anything else? Terms And Conditions ApplyĪs with z/OS software, the model for paying for software has evolved. While applications that are built for Intel can run using Rosetta 2, that really isn’t going to delight users. It also makes it easier to build cross-platform apps. (It’s all based on ARM – which I enjoyed programming in assembler for in the late 1980’s.)īuilding for Apple Silicon yields tremendous speed and energy efficiency advantages – which the consumer would greatly appreciate. Indeed the iPad I’m typing this on has the same M1 processor as the first Apple Silicon Macs. It’s important to note that Apple Silicon has the same programming model – at the machine code / assembler level – as iPhones and iPads have always had. Note: I don’t want all the platforms to merge – as there are use cases and capabilities unique to each, such as Apple Pencil. That again makes it attractive to me.īoth the mind mapping tools I use – MindNode and iThoughts – are cross platform. My task manager, OmniFocus, has similar cross-platform portability of data, automation, and (in the latest beta) experience. (I might’ve started this post by dictating to my Apple Watch – using Drafts – but I didn’t.) The app I’m using is the very excellent Drafts – which has common automation across all platforms. For example, I’m composing this blog post on an iPhone (in interestitial moments), on my iPad with a Magic Keyboard, and on Mac. ![]() So the Mac market is a substantial proportion of that sub-market – and so probably worth catering for.įrom a user point or view there are benefits, too: Portability of data and application experience are important. But only a small portion of iPhone users are into paying for apps, at least productivity apps. You might say the Mac market, for instance, is small compared to the iPhone or Windows market. Maybe with a small amount of platform-specific code.įrom a vendor point of view this increases their market. The tools and techniques increasingly support writing for all platforms with a single code base. Terms and conditions should be helpful.Īll of the above are about user experience and value.Apps should be cross platform – where possible.(and, as in the case of OmniFocus 4, risk all by beta’ing them.) □ ![]()
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