A question for the ages. A guess would be they really really really love the hardware, as it's the only thing that rationalizes how many of these groups are doing amazing things for free under Apple's severe watch.
The hardware is great, but most of macOS and iOS is pretty great, too.
For the low hanging fruit: font rendering on macOS/iOS looks better than any type I’ve ever seen on any other OS or platform, right out of the box, and still looks better even when those other platforms are tweaked with additional fonts and rendering settings.
I’m dreading my impending switch to Android and/or a mobile Linux next summer for this reason.
As someone who works all day, every day with text on my screen, I care about this as much as I care about my bed, chair, or keyboard.
For the low hanging fruit: font rendering on macOS/iOS looks better than any type I’ve ever seen on any other OS or platform, right out of the box, and still looks better even when those other platforms are tweaked with additional fonts and rendering settings.
I’m dreading my impending switch to Android and/or a mobile Linux next summer for this reason.
As someone who works all day, every day with text on my screen, I care about this as much as I care about my bed, chair, or keyboard.