Tuur wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:45 am
And how large do you think the Mac market share was back then? Total Windows market share means almost nothing in this case.
Mac vs. windows Market share has barely changed in the 20 years or so that I've been working in tech and making music. And Market share means a lot actually. Regardless of what the current Ableton userbase looks like, windows users are still a much larger group of potential customers and I bet Ableton would love to have them. As a company that sells expensive software, I'm sure they don't want people thinking that they also need to purchase a $2,000 laptop to run it correctly.
Back then there were distinct technological advantages (Firewire vs USB etc.) and barriers (A lot of industry software wasn't even available on windows) to using one platform over another that are more or less irrelevant now. Debates about which operating system is actually better aside... Now a days, most users would see zero real world benefit using one platform over the other.
What people use now is more a matter of preference (or probably budget) than anything else. Maybe these new chips will change that. Who knows? If Apple can more or less unify ios and Mac OS, that will certainly change the lay of the land as far as userbase size goes. We'll see.
Tuur wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:45 am
They do care. They're just not going to roll over because Sweeney wants them to (ironically because he basically wants to do the exact same thing himself). If you (as a user or dev) don't like it, leave the platform. Works the same way in the console industry by the way. But that's a completely different discussion.
Don't be silly. Leaving isn't a real option for most developers and you know it.
I'm sure most devs would agree that the app store is a good thing in theory. But if you asked them how much it's worth to them, I guarantee you no one would answer "30% of all my profits forever".
Anywho, I'm going to pick up one of the new macs and as soon as I feel like I can safely plug all my equipment into it without turning my equipment into bricks, I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm sure ableton will run on the new processors as is(through Rosetta). Whether it runs well, we'll have to wait and see.