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The M1 Mac’s most disappointing feature: iOS apps on the Mac

If there’s a single disappointment in the release of Apple’s first wave of M1 Macs, it’s the lacklustre launch of iOS apps running inside of macOS. What should be an amazing unification of Apple’s platforms and a massive expansion of the Mac software base is, instead… kind of a non-event.

Running iOS apps on the Mac can be a little weird, it’s true. But it can sometimes be good. Unfortunately, a lot of interesting iOS apps just aren’t available at all, because their developers have removed them from the Mac side of the iOS App Store.

It’s not

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