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

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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.