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>Who is starting a Mac-only software shop in 2021?

A lot of people?

There are more Mac users (and thus app buyers) today than ever were, several times more than in the 80s and 90s.

If people don't do it it's because they can make a quicker buck elsewhere (e.g. web SaaS and such), not because it's a worse market in absolute terms.

It sure beats being an indie game dev, that's for sure...



> A lot of people?

Name them. This is a serious request. I'm a longtime professional Mac developer who knows a lot of other Mac developers.

> There are more Mac users (and thus app buyers)

The premise is true, but the conclusion is not necessarily true. The crap store and the iOSication of the Mac have really hurt the Mac software market.


>Name them. This is a serious request. I'm a longtime professional Mac developer who knows a lot of other Mac developers.

I get all kinds of great new Mac apps from new devs, so not sure what you mean. Some examples I've personally use and bought in the past year or so: Darkroom, CleanShotX, Bear, Amadine, Wipr, Keka.

If we can go a few years back there's tons of other stuff that's still going strong too with new versions regularly and everything...


Keka: 11 years old! https://changelog.keka.io/

Bear: 1) Bear is not Mac-only: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear/id1016366447 2) Bear is more than 4 years old 3) Shiny Frog, the maker is Bear, is even older than that

Wipr: 1) Again, not Mac-only. In fact, Wipr started as iOS-only. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1030595027 2) Wipr is more than 5 years old

Darkroom: 1) Not Mac-only https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-photo-video-editor/id... 2) Darkroom is 6 years old

Amadine: 1) Not Mac-only https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amadine-vector-drawing/id13391...




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