Tim Cook on merging macOS and iOS: “I don’t think that’s what users want”

This is great - if it hold out.

> But that's not what it's about. You know it's about giving people things that they can then use to help them change the world or express their passion or express their creativity.

Tim says this... and this is also what users have come to expect of apple; but their products as of late very much reflect a different set of priorities. The notion of iOS and MacOS merging didn't come out of nowhere - thats the direction apple was/is heading.

As a lifelong Mac user, it's obvious we're second class citizens to apple, whos focus is primariy on iOS. IIRC, They don't even have a dedicated MacOS team anymore - everyone is doing IOS dev. And, it shows in the quality of the system.

I honestly think apple has already peaked and has started to decline - and i think they need to, to get hungry again. But with all the money they have, I don't think they'll be hungry for quite a while.

BTW they need to bring back the previous generation keyboard with a descent key travel.

I was surprised when this story was published in my local newspaper and picked up internationally as Apple have been firm in their product segregation that they have no public plans to

(a) release an iPhone desktop dock (c.f. Samsung DeX) (b) merge iOS and macOS into one toolkit (UWP/KDE Plasma) (c) merge Macbook and iPad (Chrome OS tablet)

(Disclaimer: not being a current Apple customer, I'm sure Cook doesn't particularly care what I want. However I am comforted that others do think different.)

Devs and other creators want workstation grade productivity within a mobile form factor, solving the problem when switching between both worlds for mobility. Some devs who value mobility and change their location often, don't even want to get used to working on a big screen.

Current phones, while providing enough horsepower for development, are handicapped by they screen real estate, something AR could fundamentally change. Who'd buy a laptop if you're more productive with simple AR glasses connected to phone?

That's the future Apple is facing. While not a merger of both OS, macOS could just be an AR app on your phone that you'd use with your AR glasses.