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I have always seen iOS devices as consoles, or at least closer to consoles than PCs. Anything with a locked App Store and a locked boot loader is a console by d

by api 6y ago

I have always seen iOS devices as consoles, or at least closer to consoles than PCs. Anything with a locked App Store and a locked boot loader is a console by definition. MacOS is a general purpose computer OS. Considered as a console iOS is actually more open and capable than most.

factorialboy 6y ago
> Considered as a console But it's not just a console.
- api 6y ago
  Locked boot loader, locked App Store. It’s a console.
emsy 6y ago
A console that hosts an app to fight a global pandemic, is used for payment, flight tickets, banking, web browsing (for some people it's their only access to the internet), navigation, taking photos, calling an ambulance. Other than web browsing, none of the things I listed is done on gaming consoles.
ctvo 6y ago
You should let Apple in on that definition so they’ll stop marketing and selling the iPad as a general computing device.
- pier25 6y ago
  Exactly. How many times has Apple said the iPad is a laptop replacement?
  - api 6y ago
    It is for a subset of the market that only uses the web and a few apps. Otherwise, no, and Apple knows it which is why they are sticking their ARM silicon in Macs and continuing to evolve MacOS.
    - anoncake 6y ago
      That is not a subset. Running programs is what computers are for.