Craig Hockenberry

One thing great about today's announcement of Pro iPad apps: not even a hint of iPhone compatibility.

Universal binaries, and more importantly Universal SKUs, were such a bad idea. Just because the APIs are the same doesn't mean the products and customer base are, too.

If dual iPhone/iPad apps are unsustainable for Apple, imagine how it was for small and medium sized businesses.

May 9, 2023 at 8:26pmIvory for Mac
Show threadcontinuousorbitMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry - That’s next week…for another $5/month. ;)
Show threadAdam CookMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry Hear hear!
Show threadACMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry Universal binaries are why so many iPad apps are just big iPhone apps when they should be Mac apps, slightly simplified. It’s so frustrating as a user.
Show threadMartin Du4May 9, 2023
@chockenberry Any hints of SwiftUI?
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 9, 2023
@martind Doesn't matter. SwiftUI is a means to an end, not a product.
Show threadMartin Du4May 9, 2023
@chockenberry perhaps clarity was absent from my post.
Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)May 9, 2023
@chockenberry They also drew a line in the sand with one of the apps…only supports M1 and beyond
Show threadjoshhuntMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry Hmmm. Unsure i would say this *universally*, but I understand why it would be more suited for, say, twitter clients than video editing apps
Show threadJames MilneMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry I think its more that making such content creation apps work on a tiny screen is impractical.
Show threadHudsonMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry universal binaries are great! I’m not going back to every iPad app name having “HD” appended to it
Show threadPohl LongsineMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry seems like a huge leap to conclude that Apple has determined that, in general, universal apps are unsustainable. These two apps, more than any others, require screen real estate in ways that the vast majority of apps do not.
Show threadSeanMay 9, 2023
@chockenberry some apps just can’t fit on a phone screen. Universal binaries are still a great idea.
Show threadgilripMay 10, 2023
@chockenberry I think it’s reasonable for users to expect iPhone-first apps to scale up to iPad. But it’s also reasonable for iPad-first apps not to scale down to iPhone.
Show threadChristof StadlerMay 10, 2023
@chockenberry Disagree. I use many great iOS apps on iPhone and iPad.
Show threadJonMay 10, 2023
@chockenberry where was this announcement? Trying to find details :)
Show threadAdam CookMay 10, 2023
@scrwd @chockenberry https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-brings-final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-to-ipad/
Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad

Apps introduce powerful features designed for iPad to deliver the ultimate mobile studio for video and music creators.

Apple Newsroom
Show threadMichael HughesMay 10, 2023
@chockenberry Don’t know, I’d love to dock my iPhone to a monitor (like Samsung Dex) & run apps not suited to a small screen
Show threadfelfaceMay 10, 2023
@chockenberry from a business perspective creating an easy way to make iPhone & iPad apps early on was a way of leveraging the success of the App Store for the iPad when it first launched that it has long since not needed