Aperture Fading into irrelevance Locked

I would have less argument with the OP's statement if it referred to wsywyg graphics editing programs and grapical UIs, for which Apple hardware was often the first choice of users.  However, the dominant software product for this purpose was created by Adobe, not Apple, and the situation is still the same today.  In video, Apple and particularly Sony have offered the better products in comparison.  Apple's in-house software generally addresses middle-market needs, particularly since the advent of the iOS constellation of content consumption and sharing ecosystem.  Aperture sits rather uncomfortably at the high end of Apple's content creation software solutions as its full-functionality OSX products fade in importance to Apple's bottom line. It would be better for the future of Aperture if it were to be liberated from One Infinite Loop, Cupertino.