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Yes the iPad is "crippled" in that sense, but I find it's an excellent accessory to a computer. Not everything I do needs a terminal, my Python scripts, favorit

Yes the iPad is "crippled" in that sense, but I find it's an excellent accessory to a computer. Not everything I do needs a terminal, my Python scripts, favorite text editor, and rapid multitasking. The iPad is a wonderful (albeit expensive) side device for lighter activities on the couch, in the kitchen, or on the go. It doesn't need to be our only computing device to be appreciated, and not every computing device needs to be powerful.

submeta 6y ago
What I am lamenting is the observation that the iPad OS seems to be Apples vision for how computers should work: Crippled, not much user control, just content-consuming devices with Apple controlling every aspect of it. That’s not a personal computer anymore, not a device where we have much control over it.
- kace91 6y ago
  I'm perfectly happy with the division between "consumer machines" and "creative machines". I obviously count myself among the people who needs and wants creator capabilities, but for my technologically challenged family and friends there's no reason to learn and manage all the complexities of a classic computer environment if they just want a point of access to youtube, netflix, spotify and social networks. I still shiver remembering the times of browsers riddled with search bars, trojans and antivirus software slowing computers to a crawl and people who's "good with tech" being dragged to friends' houses to see what's wrong with the computer.
- laurieg 6y ago
  You can write a book on an iPad. You can make a movie on an iPad. You can draw, sketch and make art on an iPad. I think it's a bit narrow to call label them content-consuming devices. Of course, they have limitations for activities like programming.
WhyNotHugo 6y ago
Same here. I can't stand macOS, the interface is terrible and it's an awful development environment. But the iPad is an excellent companion, since I use that to scrible around, consume media, photo editing, keep my music sheets, and all that stuff that would suck on Linux.

submeta 6y ago

What I am lamenting is the observation that the iPad OS seems to be Apples vision for how computers should work: Crippled, not much user control, just content-consuming devices with Apple controlling every aspect of it. That’s not a personal computer anymore, not a device where we have much control over it.

kace91 6y ago
I'm perfectly happy with the division between "consumer machines" and "creative machines". I obviously count myself among the people who needs and wants creator capabilities, but for my technologically challenged family and friends there's no reason to learn and manage all the complexities of a classic computer environment if they just want a point of access to youtube, netflix, spotify and social networks. I still shiver remembering the times of browsers riddled with search bars, trojans and antivirus software slowing computers to a crawl and people who's "good with tech" being dragged to friends' houses to see what's wrong with the computer.
laurieg 6y ago
You can write a book on an iPad. You can make a movie on an iPad. You can draw, sketch and make art on an iPad. I think it's a bit narrow to call label them content-consuming devices. Of course, they have limitations for activities like programming.

WhyNotHugo 6y ago

Same here. I can't stand macOS, the interface is terrible and it's an awful development environment. But the iPad is an excellent companion, since I use that to scrible around, consume media, photo editing, keep my music sheets, and all that stuff that would suck on Linux.