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		candiddevmike on Oct 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bare-metal Rust in Android What benefit would Apple get from this? They want you all in on an ecosystem they control. EDIT: Thought OP was talking about writing iOS apps using Rust.

steveklabnik on Oct 9, 2023 [–]

Apple does use Rust, though from job postings, we can infer it's more like network services than firmware.

Regardless though, I don't see how the implementation language of your firmware is locking you into a specific ecosystem, so this criticism seems misguided to me.

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