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> just because the Mac App Store doesn't have enough traffic to justify it.

Yeah ok now you're an executive at Apple and you're tasked with fixing that issue, what do you do? Assuming your bonus is at stake here and you're not a HN reader who has a fundamental affinity to the concept of a "Computer" not a "Device"

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Well, Apple has already tried Universal Purchase, Catalyst, and iOS apps on Apple silicon, but none of that has moved the needle.

Slowly degrade, cripple, and eventually remove untaxed options like they have been doing with app authentication/gatekeeper. Problem solved.

Not really, because many Mac apps can't even work with mandatory App Store sandboxing, so the apps would simply cease to exist rather than moving to the App Store.

All the better. Either way, the end result will be the iOSification of macos.

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