←back to thread

Apple's Shifting Differentiation

(stratechery.com)
292 points kaboro | 1 comments | 11 Nov 20 13:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
Show context
burlesona ◴[11 Nov 20 13:56 UTC] No.25058399[source]▶
The point about robust collaborative editing as an API is interesting. The HN crowd generally prefers native apps and gets tired of the electron parade, but for major business software it’s increasingly table stakes that another person can see what you’re working on, live, by clicking a link.

Apple does have relatively good live collaboration in its iWork apps. Perhaps there’s a future API there?

replies(3): >>25058490 #>>25058830 #>>25058904 #
jinjin2 ◴[11 Nov 20 14:51 UTC] No.25058830[source]▶
I would have wished that Apple had been the ones acquiring Realm. They really had the best API for building apps with live collaboration I have ever experienced. Instead they went to MongoDB, so who knows how that will end?
replies(2): >>25058855 #>>25059325 #
joshspankit ◴[11 Nov 20 14:54 UTC] No.25058855[source]▶
I always liked Realm but have not heard anything about them lately. Where did they go, and is the current work as powerful as the early stuff?
replies(2): >>25067182 #>>25068030 #
1. dep_b ◴[12 Nov 20 09:24 UTC] No.25068030[source]▶
I tried to use it recently and it was an endless nightmare of suck. But perhaps I'm just allergic for any type of framework that tries to dictate my app structure and threading strategy.