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Some people don't want their Mac to turn on when they just hit anything on the keyboard, and some people do. Make the default what you think the majority of people want. And for everybody else, put a little tiny switch buried somewhere in system settings. We'll find it eventually.

Some people don't want their Mac to turn on when they just hit anything on the keyboard, and some people do. Make the default what you think the majority of people want. And for everybody else, put a little tiny switch buried somewhere in system settings. We'll find it eventually.

Whoa. I think a lot of, some people did.

Whoa. I think a lot of, some people did.

predict this i'm not in the the world of seeing who's going to get acquired by apple and image editing apps but some people in that world said oh yeah they expected this for a long time pixelmator is highly regarded company with highly regarded products that have received awards from apple in the past i don't know how many awards they've gotten but i think it's multiple um Uh, they're good apps.

predict this i'm not in the the world of seeing who's going to get acquired by apple and image editing apps but some people in that world said oh yeah they expected this for a long time pixelmator is highly regarded company with highly regarded products that have received awards from apple in the past i don't know how many awards they've gotten but i think it's multiple um Uh, they're good apps.

Uh, they are Mac apps. I believe, uh, at least Pixelmator is written with AppKit cause it's that old. Um, and I'm not sure what their other apps are written in, but they're good apps. They are Mac apps. Uh, they are award winning. Uh, I think I own all of them except for maybe the iOS one, uh, cause I mostly do the stuff on my Mac.

Uh, they are Mac apps. I believe, uh, at least Pixelmator is written with AppKit cause it's that old. Um, and I'm not sure what their other apps are written in, but they're good apps. They are Mac apps. Uh, they are award winning. Uh, I think I own all of them except for maybe the iOS one, uh, cause I mostly do the stuff on my Mac.

uh and apple bought the whole company and apple being apple they're not going to tell you why they bought the company other than giving you remember they can statement they have like a text expanded shortcut that says apple buys small companies from time to time and blah blah blah blah like they never tell you like what they're buying it for but for those of us out here who like and use uh some of these apps you're immediately worried and saying

uh and apple bought the whole company and apple being apple they're not going to tell you why they bought the company other than giving you remember they can statement they have like a text expanded shortcut that says apple buys small companies from time to time and blah blah blah blah like they never tell you like what they're buying it for but for those of us out here who like and use uh some of these apps you're immediately worried and saying

What's going to happen to Pixelmator or Photomator or whatever it is that you're doing? Obviously, the press release says no changes are planned at this time. But the big question is, did Apple buy this so they could continue developing the Pixelmator family of photo editing apps? Did they buy this so they could incorporate that functionality into their own Apple Photos apps?

What's going to happen to Pixelmator or Photomator or whatever it is that you're doing? Obviously, the press release says no changes are planned at this time. But the big question is, did Apple buy this so they could continue developing the Pixelmator family of photo editing apps? Did they buy this so they could incorporate that functionality into their own Apple Photos apps?

Or do they buy it just as an acquihire where we don't care about your apps. We just want the people because it's really hard to find excellent Mac developers. Hey, there's a bunch of excellent Mac developers. Let's buy the company as a way of hiring all the people in the company and put some golden handcuffs on them that says their Apple stock doesn't invest until X or Y number of years.

Or do they buy it just as an acquihire where we don't care about your apps. We just want the people because it's really hard to find excellent Mac developers. Hey, there's a bunch of excellent Mac developers. Let's buy the company as a way of hiring all the people in the company and put some golden handcuffs on them that says their Apple stock doesn't invest until X or Y number of years.

And then just allow Pixelmator and Photomator to just wither on the vine and eventually stop working. Which one of those things is going to happen? I don't know, but... I'm kind of not happy about this acquisition.

And then just allow Pixelmator and Photomator to just wither on the vine and eventually stop working. Which one of those things is going to happen? I don't know, but... I'm kind of not happy about this acquisition.

Yeah, well, we have a couple of examples. One from recent history and one from ancient history. The recent history one is workflows. Apple bought workflows. Workflow. Workflow, sorry. Singular. And incorporated it into the OS and continued to enhance it. It's shortcuts now. And they didn't just like, oh, we'll fold it into the OS and then just like never update it again.

Yeah, well, we have a couple of examples. One from recent history and one from ancient history. The recent history one is workflows. Apple bought workflows. Workflow. Workflow, sorry. Singular. And incorporated it into the OS and continued to enhance it. It's shortcuts now. And they didn't just like, oh, we'll fold it into the OS and then just like never update it again.

They've continued to work on shortcuts. It has sort of become an essential headlining feature of their operating system. They essentially bought from a third party and they didn't just like, you know, obviously shortcuts, the app went away, but I'm not sure that's workflow. The app went away, but it was pretty quickly replaced by shortcuts. And it's for the people who liked workflow.

They've continued to work on shortcuts. It has sort of become an essential headlining feature of their operating system. They essentially bought from a third party and they didn't just like, you know, obviously shortcuts, the app went away, but I'm not sure that's workflow. The app went away, but it was pretty quickly replaced by shortcuts. And it's for the people who liked workflow.