The most cynical take is that finding AppKit developers, which Apple needs to keep macOS running, is so hard these days that acquiring existing companies is the only way to get them
@stroughtonsmith going to start some rewrite in AppKit
@stroughtonsmith Internally Apple must have so few people as a percentage dedicated to any app development. It would be great if the Pixelmator team could jumpstart a new era of pro photo 1st party apps like the long defunct Aperture.
@stroughtonsmith They can hire me. I’m really striving to be an AppKit expert
@stroughtonsmith the true cynical take is that Apple is out to destroy all good Mac software (maybe to make their awful stuff look better?)