> The pitch will clearly be that developers can write a Flutter app once and have it run on Andromeda, Android, and iOS with minimal extra work, in theory.
This is worrying for Apple. I can see the following playing out
- Apple continues releasing machines like the TB MBP, much to exasperated developer dismay.
- Other x86 laptop industrial design and build quality continue to improve.
- Fuchsia/Andromeda itself becomes a compelling development environment
- Developers begin switching away from Mac OS to Fuchsia, Linux and Windows
- Google delivers on the promise of a WORA runtime and the biggest objective reason not to abandon Mac OS, i.e. writing apps for iOS, disappears.
- Apps start to look the same on iOS and Android. iOS becomes less compelling.
- iOS devices sales begin to hurt.
Granted that the App Store submission requires Mac OS (Application Loader) and the license agreement requires you only use Apple software to submit apps to the App Store and not write your own, but it seems flimsy to rely on that.
This is worrying for Apple. I can see the following playing out
- Apple continues releasing machines like the TB MBP, much to exasperated developer dismay.
- Other x86 laptop industrial design and build quality continue to improve.
- Fuchsia/Andromeda itself becomes a compelling development environment
- Developers begin switching away from Mac OS to Fuchsia, Linux and Windows
- Google delivers on the promise of a WORA runtime and the biggest objective reason not to abandon Mac OS, i.e. writing apps for iOS, disappears.
- Apps start to look the same on iOS and Android. iOS becomes less compelling.
- iOS devices sales begin to hurt.
Granted that the App Store submission requires Mac OS (Application Loader) and the license agreement requires you only use Apple software to submit apps to the App Store and not write your own, but it seems flimsy to rely on that.