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Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

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1080 points antipaul | 6 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.816s | source | bottom
1. zanethomas ◴[12 Nov 20 05:06 UTC] No.25066656[source]▶
Go ahead, buy into that and before long Apple will lock the OS down so tight you will only be able to install software from the app store.

Apple, it's been good knowing you, time to move on.

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2. willio58 ◴[12 Nov 20 05:17 UTC] No.25066719[source]▶
I don’t see Apple going further on this front than what they’ve already done.

They don’t want to discourage developers from using their machines because guess who works on MacOS? Developers using Macs.

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3. brundolf ◴[12 Nov 20 05:20 UTC] No.25066729[source]▶
What about this new hardware has anything to do with the App Store?
4. vijaybritto ◴[12 Nov 20 05:59 UTC] No.25066940[source]▶
That will eventually happen and they will claim 'security'. They'll make it harder to install 3rd party software. Indie devs are going to suffer because of this tight control.
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5. zanethomas ◴[12 Nov 20 16:03 UTC] No.25071238[source]▶
Been inside an apple store lately? They no longer need to care about developers.
6. zanethomas ◴[12 Nov 20 16:05 UTC] No.25071252[source]▶
Exactly. Their revenue model going forward is to have the millions who have passed, and will pass, through the apple stores downloading all apps from the app store. Kaching!