> I think this gets back to the transparency issue. If Apple were more open > about the future, it would be easier to know which cliffs are real.
That is one of my major gripes with Apple. Not only as a dev but also as a end user. It's like riding a car in at night and only seeing what's immediately in front of you. Big software companies like Adobe and Microsoft announce the EOL of their products many years in advance. When did Apple announce the EOL for OpenGL or 32 bits apps in macOS? 1-2 years before release? One could argue it was obvious all along, but often Apple moves in mysterious ways, at least for the ones that do not travel to the WWDC or have privileged information. There is no way to know where macOS will be 3 years from now and making medium or long term decisions is impossible. For example, when will ObjC be deprecated? 2 years from now? 10 years from now? If Apple announced openly and clearly that it would kill ObjC or Cocoa by 2025 it would be possible to make plans. No wonder the only macOS exclusive big developer is Apple itself. I was planning to work on a desktop product for macOS during 2020 but I will hold on for a couple of years. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
