[behnamoh]

> This sort of high performance minimalism is precisely what makes the Mac app ecosystem great. Not because you can't write the same thing on other platforms, but because everyone who cares about it has condensed on the Mac platform.

Meh. Most apps like this are built for the Mac because a lot of programmers use Macs. If anything, Apple makes it difficult to develop for macOS because they keep breaking APIs with each update.

[samatman]

> Most apps like this are built for the Mac because

People with Macs have money, and are willing to use it to pay for software.

Not that deep.

[azinman2]

> Apple makes it difficult to develop for macOS because they keep breaking APIs with each update.

Like what

[newaccount74]

Every macOS release breaks a few things, but to be honest it's not much of an issue.

Here are some recent things that required code changes from developers:

- disabling user interaction when trying to request items from the keychain

- views no longer clipping to bounds by default

- installing login items and background services

The latter two were understandable, because they were caused by new features, but some are just caused by a lack of testing.

It's not a big deal, and I'm sure Electron apps have similar issues, but app developers do have to put in some work to make sure their apps keep working properly on macOS.

[behnamoh]

Ask the developer of BetterDummy (aka BetterDisplay).

[llamaimperative]

Pretty sure that’s what they’re saying

[behnamoh]

Pretty sure that's not what they're saying.