Does Apple Silicon mean that it is less likely that iPad software will make it to the Mac?

So the follow up to Catalina, Big Sur has been revealed and as I talked about in my last post it is all the start of a transition for Apple from Intel to ARM based Apple Silicon. And a huge new feature is that basically all iPad and iPhone apps will now run on a Macs without any changes. This is a very cool thing, but it sounds like it leaves all of us with Intel macs out of the loop.

They have Rosetta 2 to convert Intel software to run on Apple Silicon, and they were previously working on tech called Catalyst to convert iOS and iPad Software quickly and easily to a Mac, but will this fall by the wayside for us Intel users? Is there no Rosetta to run Apple Silicon software on Intel? There was no mention of it so it seems unlikely it will be there, as they obviously will want people to move to Apple Silicon, but what about Pro Users, who are at least 2 years away from having pro Apple Silicon?

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