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>>fghtr+(OP)
Naive question, but with a commercial product like the i.MX8M from NXP Semiconductors, is there really not enough in it for them to develop Linux support for their product, rather than leaving it to other parties? Presumably some OS supported things like the i.MX8M’s accelerometer from the launch date, or are these chips shipped to OEMs on the basis that the low level functions work, but all OS support has to be created by someone else?

>>gorgoi+u3
For some reason, every hardware company, without exception, it terrible at software development. They just can’t do it right. It’s probably a cultural difference, somehow, with the developent style and/or NDA requirements possibly having their impact.

>>teddyh+k6
Apple too?

>>sildur+Mc
Lately, Apple does kinda suck at software development.

I spent days hunting down issues in the launch iOS 13 simulator that turned out not to happen on real hardware (and had never happened worth the iOS 13 launch).

Their UX is on a downward trend for several years now, IMO.

Historically I've heard Apple described as a software company that uses hardware to achieve competitive advantage.

Apple sucking is relative, obviously - their stuff is still better than most other products, but it's not add good as it used to be, IMO.

I wonder if the iPhone's success has transformed them into more of a hardware company?

>>NateEa+Qd
Name a good piece of software of similar power

>>lonela+9h
What software are you talking about? If it is the whole OS then it is a matter of user's preference and telling Mac user that PC is better and the other way around is the best way to heat air without any useful outcome.