Steve Troughton-SmithJun 11, 2023
Seen so many videos and writeups saying things along the lines of ‘Apple didn't show us a killer app for Vision Pro’, but they did — they spent an entire week showing developers just how easy it is to transition from iOS to visionOS, how it uses all the same tools and SDKs we use today, Xcode, TestFlight, SwiftUI, UIKit, etc. Non-developers and people outside the Apple scene may not realize just how profound that is, and how transformative it might be to the platform
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJun 11, 2023
Microsoft had a term for this: the 'app gap’. No matter how much money they threw at developers to port their apps to Windows Phone (and related platforms), it never even made a dent. The iOS ecosystem has all the developer mindshare. Incredible third-party apps, enabled by powerful first-party frameworks, has been Apple's secret sauce for decades
Show threadDominic Hopton

@stroughtonsmith Apple spent decades building a scalable set of frameworks & languages. They saw the long-term needs and turned the boat in the correct direction so they’d be right on target when the needs arose.

There isn’t an app gap ‘cause they didn’t set fire to the platform & leap off it — they paid their dues, did the maintenance, and undertook significant work when required.

Jun 11, 2023 at 5:56pmIvory for iOS