That definition is completely arbitrary and more than a little ridiculous. The majority of the population do not program and so for them a "full computer" is anything that allows them to complete all of the tasks they would ever want to do. For many an iPad could well be that device. For others it might not be.
Because there are platforms like Chromebook and Windows 10S which also do not satisfy your criteria but many would consider to be a computer as well.
You don't have to program to be positively affected by my suggested change. You could be just a user of an app that currently does not exist on the iPad, or the user of a feature that does not exist.
Would you like to group all your files that belong to a certain project (photos, texts, presentations etc) together in one thing, like a folder? The iPad currently cannot do that. After that change, somebody could do a patch that would. And then Apple would see that there is a demand and do a proper version of that.
Would you like to use the great Apple Photos app, but also have all your files on dropbox/google drive? Well if you do that currently, you need to have your photos twice, and work with two different apps. With my suggested changes, one could create a patch app that just stores all your documents on the service of your choice.
Would you like to use the Google or Amazon Alexa voice assistants when you long press the home button? Currently you can't, but in my future you could. Any you would be surprised how much better they often are. That would create more competition, and would motivate Apple to up their Siri game.
Would you like to have a SNES emulator? A bittorrent client? A bitcoin client? A podcast client that can do flattr? All of these things are constantly shut down by Apple. You are not allowed to have these. With my suggested changes, you can have these.
Would you like to have something like Maya? Current iOS rules prevent any app from implementing their own windowing GUI, with the reason being that in this way, apps cannot become their own platform, which would be problem for Apple because then another party would become a platform owner. Well many professional apps like Maya are their own platform.
The list goes on an on. You do not have to be a programmer to suffer from the limits Apple currently imposes on iOS.
And it's not arbitrary at all. It just returns to the same state computing was in for 30 years until iOS arrived.
Also, watch your words. "More than a little ridiculous" is not an objective rational statement, it's just pure ad hominem.
I disagree. Saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" also contains the connotation that the speaker must be out of his mind.
And in case, we're doing a meta discussion on rhetorical semantics now, which is besides the point - because you can't argue away that saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" is just plain bad form.
Agree. But while the majority of the population just needs to browse the web, view pictures and play a few games at home, for which the ipad is fine, the majority of the population also works with computers during the day. And without a keyboard, it's hard to create anything. Try even creating your resume on an ipad.
Because there are platforms like Chromebook and Windows 10S which also do not satisfy your criteria but many would consider to be a computer as well.