also unlike java, cocoa doesn't cause jitters

  > You can pay app developers to port their apps off of play services, you can pay developers to add support for your attestation keys.

microsoft literally tried this back in the day when android/ios was rising against windows mobile... spoiler: it didn't work

an additional anecdote from my time then: they came to where i was working at the time and proposed funding a windows mobile version of our app (quite a large sum) but our supervisor finally said no, because the upkeep of now 3 apps would be too much for too few customers

you cant just throw money at devs and expect much unless you have the user base (potential market) to back it up

I think that is pretty different than what is happening here because:

1. It doesn't require an entirely new app. You can ship the same apk on all platforms.

2. Most apps already don't have a hard dependency on play services.

Amazon and BlackBerry both tried the whole “you can upload your same APK to our AppStore approach”.

And well, when’s the last time you used the Amazon android AppStore?

idk, what does god need with a pronoun anyway?

  > Desktop OS should be as forgettable as possible, as it's about having long stints of flow, not giving a feeling of "air" or "play".

100% agree, though i wonder how much an influence casual users are having on apple's marketing of macos...

its almost as if apple doesnt want to sell "trucks" anymore (as steve would say) and would prefer to morph macos slowly into a sedan like the ipad (cause that is where the money is)

  > By 2035 I wonder if we'll be all running KDE or WindowMaker and the hell with modern OS GUI.

tbh this is probably me in 2026 or 2027 i think...

Windows IS also suffering from macosification

I call this "touchscreenification"

no, Windows is suffering from profiteering and corporate malignancy.

In modern parlance, iosification.

  > getting Japanese IME working

same issue, for me its mostly working but properly recognizing jp keyboard is still a wip for me (can't get forward-slash/yen symbol or kana keys working smh) probably i am kissing something obvious...

  > I'd like to ask people who had been using both Ubuntu and MacOS, what would you advise? And MacOS users in particular, are you happy with the direction it has been evolving, and with that of Apple itself?

macos out-of-the-box experience is gonna be much better and smoother and more consistent than ubuntu for sure, and you get both unix environment and most desktop software (check first of course) that windows has too...

that being said, personally i am not so happy with apple's direction either, which is sliding (much much more slowly than windows) in the direction of buggy software updates, worse overall ux and more and more marketing driven changes...

i really like ubuntu and kde (kubuntu) and i feel like at some point the ux polish of it and the "de-polishing" of macos at some point will converge where i'd just install linux alongside macos and not miss much (but there are lots of reverse engineering issues remaining)...

so my idea is to stay on macos for while more while figuring out how to plug holes (such as smoother iphone integration) and getting more accustomed to kde/linux/ununtu before fully jumping ship...

idk if that is super helpful, but its where im at now in my thinking.

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback!

  > but these ones hardly anyone bothers to copy in such attempts.

as alan kay would say: everyone is busy reinventing the flat-tire...

  > I had to make a fucking account. 

ea games are like this, same for ubisoft... in my case i just disconnect my switch 2 from wifi and they don't bother about it (much anyways).

i wish console makers would be a bit more strict with policies like this cause as you indicate, it hurts whole usecase of consoles in the first place

  > After 20 successful years in the embedded world, the DENX holders decided to wind-down operations and retire. ... As a result of this process, the company entered voluntarily liquidation. 

  > Still looking for great support ? Former DENX’s engineers joined NABLA, a new company created to provide high level support .... You will find the same expertise and quality support you experienced in many years in DENX.

first impression is, i wonder if they ever considered just selling the company to the employees and let them continue it...?

Looks like the founder passed away a few years ago, perhaps this was easier for his inheritors.

  > Ladybird browser team planned to start using Swift in their codebase, but it hasn't happen yet.

whats the holdup?