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>side loaded apps The reason I (and probably others) tend to use community maintained software is because I absolutely hate fighting with my computer over some

by swiley 7y ago

>side loaded apps The reason I (and probably others) tend to use community maintained software is because I absolutely hate fighting with my computer over something I shouldn’t have to (like wanting to install a compiler.) This is what people mean when they say the iPad is a big iPhone; you have to fight it to make it do anything just like on the iPhone.

Grustaf 7y ago
It’s the other way around isn’t it? Iphones and ipads cracked the mobile application problem by making it effortless to install apps.
- swiley 7y ago
  I’m so glad installing ocaml and irssi on my phone is much more effortless than my laptop. Apple did a fantastic job there. Try reading the comment.
  - Grustaf 7y ago
    Sure, if you spend a minute thinking about who the ipad is made for. Console cowboys or normal people doing normal things like writing documents.
    - swiley 7y ago
      At that point why bother with apps? You can’t control any of it anyway so you might as well just use web pages.
      - Grustaf 7y ago
        Apps only make sense if they can access OS internals like on the Mac? I’d say at most 1% of what normal users want to do are even close to that.