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		wtetzner on March 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adobe Photoshop ships on Macs with Apple Silicon I always thought cross-platform meant "more than one platform", but I guess I don't really know if that's how it's typically used.

Shared404 on March 12, 2021 [–]

I almost exclusively use Linux, and I would call any Windows + Mac app cross-platform.

Does it run on more than one platform? If yes, it's cross platform.

Otherwise, where do you draw the line? Linux? BSD? Haiku? Minix?

olyjohn on March 12, 2021 | [–]

If it doesn't run on BeOS, it's not cross platform!

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