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> Apple thinks of it’s products like game consoles.

And at the same time Apple expects me to build my business on those products.

Plenty of games run on multiple consoles, despite having completely different operating systems, graphics APIs, etc.

It's certainly a pain, but cross-platform development has always been a thing so it's not a unique pain to Apple platforms.

It's not just the development. It's the fact the Apple takes control over the distribution of software on their platform.

“Expects” is a stretch. “Encourages”, “wants”, “likes to” more like.

They call their products "Pro".