The iPad may look like a giant iPhone, but make no mistake about it, it is slowly eating into the market share of notebooks and netbooks at a consistent pace. The iPad is a marvelous tablet that has clearly changed the dynamics of the computer industry. We could try and switch over to the more agnostic system that Qt uses, but that would also require significant changes to the architecture, which also doesn't come cheap.When Apple launched AirPrint, there were only 12 printers compatible with the service, and all were from HP! It would cost us a lot of work to convert it and it would also add quite a bit of extra maintenance burden (since metal doesn't work on other systems, so we would have to support multiple rendering systems).
If Apple pushes forward with their support of Metal (and completely remove openGL support) I do fear the worst. Developing for a mobile ecosystem has a lot more hurdles (such as the whole "you can't sideload code" issue). It's not so much a problem of getting it to work for a processor architecture. I know that is a number of years out, but might be worth thinking about for the long term.
With the change to ARM bases processors, won't this need to be addressed in the coming years anyway? Otherwise you will ultimately lose your entire Mac base at some point when they stop supporting rosetta 2 (in the creative space is a pretty sizable population). With the new ARM developments, it's a fun time to be an Apple owner. I think more and more people are seeing the benefits of a dedicated software/hardware manufacturer in terms of reliability, and service. Even then, the only damage was a bad ear speaker, and I replaced that myself. The only issues I have ever had have been with batteries (which dont last forever regardless of manufacturer) and when I walked into the ocean with my iPhone 3Gs in my pocket X). I have been using macs/apple products for 20 years, and I have NEVER spent a single dollar on repairs. They all still work perfectly (well for their age) and that is why I can't bring myself to throw them out. It's kinda funny you bring this up because my wife and I were just talking about how I still have and use my original 20 year old G3 iBook, G4 Mac Mini, G5 iMac 2009 MBP, 2016 MBP and now I have a 2019 MBP as well as stacks of ipads, ipods (including my old 3rd Gen, pre click wheel!) and iPhones.
Apple are almost militant in "protecting" users. I have no problems with the functionality of Apple products, the problem is when it fails and needs repair or you need software compatibility. How many of those have you needed repairs on, only to find that Apple doesn't believe in right to repair.
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