The last resistive screen I tries was in 2011 and it was still vastly inferior to capacitive. Please display art to the contrary. Your definition of a modern d

The last resistive screen I tries was in 2011 and it was still vastly inferior to capacitive. Please display art to the contrary. Your definition of a modern desktop OS is just that, your definition. iOS and Android weren't designed to be desktop OS's. The were designed specifically for touch. A modern interface is going to be somewhere in between and, IMHO, closer to Android/iOS. You still haven't explained why an exposed filesystem is necessary. Apps are aware of what files they can or cannot open and should display only those. Layers of nested directories are completely unnecessary and from experience supporting end users, confusing. For a personal, single user device, multi user support isn't particularly useful. I suppose a "guest" mode might be. The question stems from this comment >iOS is definitely not a desktop OS. Where are the files? _Multi-user support?_ Terminal? As I said, terminals are an edge case and are ill-suited to the mobile form factor. You don't have to go through a retailer - the choice here is to not develop for Apple. Also, consider the costs of what Apple/Google provide and ask whether it offers value to you, a consideration that arguments like this rarely (if ever) take into account. FYI, bricks and mortar vendors and those prior to the App Store we asking for between 70% and 90%. Ah, the "moral imperative"...