With all this hubbub about iOS being the home for well-designed, beautiful, competent indie apps, remember that that was once the Mac’s realm — and, today, almost all the Mastodon clients popping up are ‘just’ iPhone apps running in a window, in one form or another. Shifts happen, and the world moves on, if you take your foot off the gas as platform provider. There is a huge headset-shaped distraction coming that could push all of Apple’s platform priorities down a notch. A cautionary tale
@stroughtonsmith Apple headset in the form that is rumored right now will be a very niche product, nowhere near iOS (or probably even a Mac). At least for now.
For sure there'll be some initial push and excitement (like with tvOS) - but I highly doubt it'll last.
@gruber wrote a nice summary of a very long article (worth reading!) why AR/VR won't be a next great "massive" thing, and I agree 100%
https://daringfireball.net/2023/01/the_billions-dollar_vr_ar_headset_question