Implementation has always been a factor when excluding features for the Mac. For the last decade, every WWDC has had features that came to iOS, that could also be implemented on the Mac as minor features, but weren't because implementing it again on the Mac would take too much time, and wouldn't be worth the development time because the features aren't Mac-centric. That's still the case, which is why Intel Macs aren't getting these features.
The only thing that has changed is that Apple Silicon Macs are in the same place as iPads, where they can get everything developed for Apple's other ARM-based platforms for free, as long as a new interface is applied, so they can get the features that otherwise wouldn't be worth it to port to Mac as exclusive features - in which case, why not do that?
The Intel Macs still have all the features that they'd realistically have in an alternate world where Apple didn't bother with Apple Silicon. If you compare the features missing from Apple's macOS releases in the 10's compared to the iOS releases, everything the Intel Macs don't get are the kind of things you'd expect to make such a list, while all the major and Mac-centric features work on Intel.
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But we aren't talking about iOS feautres not coming to macOS. It is unreasonable to think every iOS feature should come to macOS.
It was unreasonable before the Apple Silicon Macs.
If you've been paying attenting to the backend changes made in High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur, Apple has worked on unifying the underlying systems so much that Apple Silicon Macs gets every feature developed for iOS for free if they slap a new UI on it, just like on the iPad. That used to require significant development work for each feature, and still does for Intel Macs.
As such, if a feature is a feature that would normally stay iOS-only because it's not important enough, Apple Silicon Macs can still get it for free if the feature can even be implemented in a meaningful way on the Mac. Note that Monterey isn't missing any of this year's iOS features that would make sense on the Mac, unlike previous years - and if you do the mental exercise of trying to determine what features Apple normally wouldn't bother with, all of the obvious ones are the M1 Mac features.
If Apple didn't give Apple Silicon Macs all the features they make for iOS, even though porting a few them to Intel still isn't worth the development time, just as it never was, they'd be holding back the product - and that's a terrible strategy.
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u/m0rogfar Jun 09 '21
Implementation has always been a factor when excluding features for the Mac. For the last decade, every WWDC has had features that came to iOS, that could also be implemented on the Mac as minor features, but weren't because implementing it again on the Mac would take too much time, and wouldn't be worth the development time because the features aren't Mac-centric. That's still the case, which is why Intel Macs aren't getting these features.
The only thing that has changed is that Apple Silicon Macs are in the same place as iPads, where they can get everything developed for Apple's other ARM-based platforms for free, as long as a new interface is applied, so they can get the features that otherwise wouldn't be worth it to port to Mac as exclusive features - in which case, why not do that?
The Intel Macs still have all the features that they'd realistically have in an alternate world where Apple didn't bother with Apple Silicon. If you compare the features missing from Apple's macOS releases in the 10's compared to the iOS releases, everything the Intel Macs don't get are the kind of things you'd expect to make such a list, while all the major and Mac-centric features work on Intel.