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On the "obviousness" judgment - maybe, maybe not. A lot of people claim post-hoc that something was "obvious" but it's usually Monday-morning quarterbacking. I
by otterley 7y ago
On the "obviousness" judgment - maybe, maybe not. A lot of people claim post-hoc that something was "obvious" but it's usually Monday-morning quarterbacking. If something was so "obvious" then why wasn't it done before? Food for thought.
What I will say is that I think - despite the harm to the specific developer of the competing product - that adding new features to the OS for free is a net positive for consumers. It's one less thing they have to pay for out of their own pockets, and enhances the overall value of the product and its ecosystem.
- scarface74 7y agoStep 1: Allow iOS apps to use AirPlay to create a separate display from an iOS device. Step 2: Allow Macs to use AirPlay to create a separate display from a Mac. Step 3: “We have this nice beatific light display call the iPad and we already have the capability of low latency AirPlay”..... Is that not obviously the next step?
- otterley 7y agoIt wasn’t to me. Was it to you? Even if it was, how would you prove such a thing?
- scarface74 7y agoiPad -> AirPlay -> AppleTV -> TV iPad -> AirPlay -> 5KPlayerr -> Windows Mac -> AirPlay -> AppleTV -> TV Mac -> iDisplay (2010) -> iPad (https://gizmodo.com/review-idisplay-turns-your-ipad-into-a-second-monitor-5508816 https://gizmodo.com/review-idisplay-turns-your-ipad-into-a-s...) Seeing that every combination between iPad/Windows/Mac/Airplay has been done for between 6-8 years. Why isn’t this obvious? There was also a way you could hack around with VNC to do it early on.