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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.