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Originally Posted by pazos
The real reason has nothing to do with bloat and security. The real reason is because they can. Their customers don't care and apple don't care about the very few customers that need to run legacy software.
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Actually, it does matter (bloat, security)...as well as efficiency. Keeping up support for legacy technologies comes at the cost of holding back new technologies.
But, Apple makes those choices. And for some people, Apple won't be the appropriate platform because of those choices. And yet, if Apple makes the right bets, then they are rewarded by folks choosing Apple.
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Originally Posted by pazos
I think it is a very intelligent move of their part. They removed the need to keep a sane multilib setup and that without bothering the majority of their users.
The same for the price bump: a very intelligent move. They still sell products with an even higher margin. They are going to do that until sales drop.
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Apple pricing is a whole 'nother subject. But, Apple always has the overall user experience in mind....and believe their bottom line will benefit if they make the right choices for their users.
Take the whole "iPad won't run Flash" hubbub. There were those who lambasted Apple for being greedy....making people use the app store. But really, Flash was both a performance and security nightmare...which Apple knew well with years of Flash issues on Macs.
Also, Apple knew that the users would be served best by developers developing iPad (and iPhone) specific software that took advantages of the innovative technologies Apple was working so hard to put into their products. Having developers work to the "least common denominator" wasn't going to be the best experience.
But that meant developers would have to code specifically for Apple products. Which was harder on developers. BUT - as was proved out - what was harder for the developers was also more financially rewarding...for the developers.
To this day, even with Android's huge unit marketshare advantage - developers make more money on iPhone/iPad than they do on Android.
Apple CAN'T just do foolish "anti-customer, anti-developer" things. Despite complaints - Apple has developed, and fostered the development, of an amazing ecosystem with a billion of the most lucrative customers to have. There is fierce competition for developers, fierce competition for customers, fierce pricing competition from competitors.
Everything that Apple does isn't necessarily the best thing "for me". Apple doesn't try to please every segment of every market. But because they focus so well, and make tough decisions that prove themselves over time...they have built up the most loyal customer and developer base.