On: Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users

[threeseed]

I read it and don't understand it at all.

He's bought something whose limitations and target demographic are well known.

And then complaining when he hits one of those limitations.

[raydev → threeseed]

You've never bought anything you knew could be improved?

[matwood → raydev]

To paraphrase MKBHD, only buy devices for the features they have right now. Otherwise you will often be disappointed.

[raydev → matwood]

That's independent of wanting obvious limitations removed from a device that is already otherwise useful for you.

[frosting1337 → threeseed]

He's complaining because Apple of the year have started to blur the line between a personal computer and a device that you can personally compute on.

[idle_zealot → threeseed]

The infuriating thing is that a huge number of those limitations exist as a few bytes that Apple does not let you flip, somewhere in the OS's code or configuration.

It would be unreasonable to buy, say, a flip phone in 2007 and complain that it can't replace a graphics workstation. It didn't have the hardware for that workload. Today, it's the artificial nature of the limitations that make the device akin to a cage.

[threeseed → idle_zealot]

Yes because flipping those bits would make the iPad a Mac.

And the whole point of an iPad is that you have a simple and consistent experience.

[stickmunch → threeseed]

I don't recall which WWDC it was.. They had a slide with the largest text they ever used.

The question was "will ipadOS and macOS merge?

"NO"

[stickmunch → stickmunch]

Found it.

it was iOS and macOS but still...

https://youtu.be/DOYikXbC6Fs

[Dylan16807 → stickmunch]

For a phone, you really do want a different interface. (unless you're tethering it) That's much more justifiable.

[armada651 → stickmunch]

Because that would either mean locking down MacOS or opening up iOS. Apple would love to lock down MacOS, but it'd be incredibly bad press to admit to that publicly.

[jvan → threeseed]

>a simple and consistent experience

Has that not been Apple's entire marketing thrust since 1984?

[idle_zealot → threeseed]

It's fine that Apple wants to ship with those bits unflipped. What's unreasonable is that Apple stops you from flipping them.