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minus-square@BigTrout75@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoI don’t see this working. The reason that Apple and ARM work is because Apple controls the whole ecosystem on Macs.
minus-square@QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year ago Apple controls the whole ecosystem on Macs. In what sense? The vast majority of macOS software is downloaded/installed from the internet, just like Windows. I don’t see it working because the Windows APIs are a dozen self-oxidizing dumpster fires scattered into the wind, but that’s a different story.
I don’t see this working. The reason that Apple and ARM work is because Apple controls the whole ecosystem on Macs.
In what sense? The vast majority of macOS software is downloaded/installed from the internet, just like Windows.
I don’t see it working because the Windows APIs are a dozen self-oxidizing dumpster fires scattered into the wind, but that’s a different story.