They absolutely can, you can download and run virtually every app off the iOS app store on a mac, and it runs in an emulator which is entirely native, no virtualization involved. Pretty sure it doesn't even need XCode. Mojang is likely actively detecting and locking out the emulator from the release version of the app.
Yeah, Apple went 90% of the way there, but decided it was up to the developer.
I get it, because if you're a developer you don't want to be deluged with support requests from a platform that you don't care about.
But also, it feels more like a favor to big corporate interests who are probably worried about "security" in the sense that macOS is only 95% locked down. It's still possible to have true root if you disable a few things, and it probably makes the kind of companies who make apps that refuse to run on a jailbroken device worry.
When Apple pulls the last plug on letting us mere users actually own our computers and moves the macOS to the iOS model where Apple will decide what programs you can run, it will probably come with the small benefit that all iOS apps will be required to be installable on Mac.
They absolutely can, you can download and run virtually every app off the iOS app store on a mac, and it runs in an emulator which is entirely native, no virtualization involved. Pretty sure it doesn't even need XCode. Mojang is likely actively detecting and locking out the emulator from the release version of the app.
Which emulator are you referring to? The iOS Simulator (not emulator) can't run apps from the App Store
Yeah, Apple went 90% of the way there, but decided it was up to the developer.
I get it, because if you're a developer you don't want to be deluged with support requests from a platform that you don't care about.
But also, it feels more like a favor to big corporate interests who are probably worried about "security" in the sense that macOS is only 95% locked down. It's still possible to have true root if you disable a few things, and it probably makes the kind of companies who make apps that refuse to run on a jailbroken device worry.
When Apple pulls the last plug on letting us mere users actually own our computers and moves the macOS to the iOS model where Apple will decide what programs you can run, it will probably come with the small benefit that all iOS apps will be required to be installable on Mac.
It's definitely that. There's always some gotcha about not letting the user touch iPhone apps. Now Android is basically the same.
Isn’t that what catalyst does?
The dev has to do it, and most don't. I can't run arbitrary iPad apps on my Mac.