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Is there a limit to how spoilt grown up people can become?



Are you talking about people who buy new hardware to replace what isn't broken, or people who expect to be able to use hardware they own within its functional capacity?


I talk about people refusing to buy one of the thousands of options available that are suited for their needs and say it is easier to lobby politicians than buying the correct device.


kome asked how to run an iPad as a personal server. Buying something that is not an iPad to use as a server instead will not make an iPad a server.

Of course lobbying politicians is an absurd path to running an iPad as a server, but the other options I know of are becoming a politician and campaigning against large corporations, or advocating for change and getting enough people to care that politicians bend to the will of the people rather than the corporations. Out of the three options, writing a check to buy legal change seems to be the easiest way.

Do you know of any other ways I haven't mentioned to use an iPad as a server? Or are you sticking to the "you're holding it wrong" approach?


> Or are you sticking to the "you're holding it wrong" approach?

Yes, I will stick to that approach. Let's move things forward, life is short. My motorcycle has a front wheel and is therefore technically a wheelbarrow. If Yamaha is not interested in helping me transform it into a functional wheelbarrow, should I lobby congress or maybe hold the president hostage, or should I go out and buy one of the many quality wheelbarrows on sale – even if none of them are from the brand Yamaha that I personally prefer?


There is a difference between helping you and not actively stopping you. Please stop conflating the two.


Apple can't do anything to stop you doing anything to your iPad, including breaking it.


Except, of course, lock the bootloader and software distribution system so you can only do things that Apple lets you do with your iPad.

Do you have a major financial interest in people not being able to use their computers for computing? I don't understand why you are so against this.




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