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Developers Expect iOS and MacOS To Merge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-sure-its-been-discussed dept.

AHuxley noticed the frightening little Ars story talking about a certain expectation that iOS and MacOS will merge, leading to a single DRM-locked OS on your MacBook and your iPad. Certainly Apple would love a piece of every app sold. Now I'm sure that this has been discussed over there, but I wouldn't expect it any time soon.

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  1. At Ease by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    If I were Apple I'd make a desktop iOS a user option like the current Parental Controls.

    Apple tried this before; it was called At Ease.

    1. Re:At Ease by Ephemeriis · · Score: 5, Informative

      If I were Apple I'd make a desktop iOS a user option like the current Parental Controls.

      Apple tried this before; it was called At Ease.

      And it genuinely kicked ass at the time.

      I had a Macintosh Performa 6300 that was being used as a shared family computer back then. At Ease allowed me to set up a relatively safe and secure way to share that computer with our kids, without giving them access to absolutely everything.

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