There have long been rumors that Apple plans to eventually converge Macs and iOS devices into a single product line running the same operating system. I expressed my own concerns about this way back in 2013, though also listed some things from which we could draw reassurance.
Apple has consistently denied the rumors, Tim Cook doing so with a particularly striking phrase back in 2012.
You can converge a toaster and refrigerator, but these things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.
But yesterday’s news that Apple plans to support cross-platform apps that run on iPhone, iPad and Mac does raise a variation on this concern …
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