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I got super excited about the USB drive support and started telling everyone who would listen about how it would solve all our work-related problems with transf

by sjy 7y ago

I got super excited about the USB drive support and started telling everyone who would listen about how it would solve all our work-related problems with transferring gigabytes of documents onto iPads securely. Then I tried using it with about 10 different USB devices, and was unable to use any of them to successfully copy a 10 GB folder with thousands of files in it into 'On My iPad.' Working with one file at a time was OK, but I managed to get Files into an unresponsive state that could only be cured with a reboot more than once by accessing and copying large folders. I’m convinced nobody at Apple actually tried to use iOS's USB support for “Pro” tasks – it doesn't work.

_s 7y ago
A "Pro" user to most companies is someone who can send / receive emails, and create / edit / share documents, plus google things they don't know. A "regular" user is one who uses their device primarily for consumption; facebook, netflix and music. The missing tier is "creators", developers / designers etc - and they find themselves lumped in with "pro" users yet their requirements are just a little bit higher. The market for "creators" is marginal, so it'll never be a focus. For full control, there's "enterprise" versions of most software but come at a huge cost. This is where some "creators" find themselves as well when "pro" doesn't quite cut it, but generally find "enterprise" is overkill.
- sjy 7y ago
  My "pro" use case is to allow people to read a bookshelf worth of paper without having to lug around the bookshelf or download it over a slow internet connection. It is a consumption use case! But since what is being consumed is a bunch of PDFs in a folder, rather than the output of a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service, this has always required ... a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service like Dropbox, or at least a self-hosted version of it using SMB/SFTP.

by sjy 7y ago

_s 7y ago

A "Pro" user to most companies is someone who can send / receive emails, and create / edit / share documents, plus google things they don't know. A "regular" user is one who uses their device primarily for consumption; facebook, netflix and music. The missing tier is "creators", developers / designers etc - and they find themselves lumped in with "pro" users yet their requirements are just a little bit higher. The market for "creators" is marginal, so it'll never be a focus. For full control, there's "enterprise" versions of most software but come at a huge cost. This is where some "creators" find themselves as well when "pro" doesn't quite cut it, but generally find "enterprise" is overkill.

sjy 7y ago
My "pro" use case is to allow people to read a bookshelf worth of paper without having to lug around the bookshelf or download it over a slow internet connection. It is a consumption use case! But since what is being consumed is a bunch of PDFs in a folder, rather than the output of a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service, this has always required ... a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service like Dropbox, or at least a self-hosted version of it using SMB/SFTP.