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I used to have the same opinion but I've realized that Apple APIs are for a particular type of an app. It can get very restrictive very fast.

I have since moved on to building my own GUIs with Rust.

But I that my app has different requirements than most.

Yeah basically Apple funnels you into their vision and WWDC is a great predictor of the future changes in the apps on the platform.

Its part of the appeal of Apple’s ecosystem - the very high level of standardisation, although it obviously has its drawbacks as you have mentioned