While I'm one of the people that wants macOS on iPadOS, the sentiment that "maybe Apple doesn't realize there's a market for macOS in an iPad form factor" is si

While I'm one of the people that wants macOS on iPadOS, the sentiment that "maybe Apple doesn't realize there's a market for macOS in an iPad form factor" is silly. The iPad is a play for innovators dilemma-style disruption from the bottom, and that possibility diminishes if you allow macOS on iPads. The reason the full Photoshop can't run on iPadOS is because iOS doesn't allow that kind of software to run. It only allows "democratized" software (the bottom) that's easy to run, install, and uninstall, and won't interfere with battery, etc... It's a different software model than we use on macOS. It's better on some ways, but it's clearly worse in others. Apple is still betting that there's value in this alternative software model, and it's so consistent with Apple's modus operandi of control, that I'm willing to bet they'll take this battle to their grave (you'll never get an unlocked iPad, ever). I think a more fruitful approach with Apple is pushing them to innovate more with macOS and the Mac. Tell them to make more exciting hardware, stop having their laptops designed by the industrial-engineering B-team. Stop porting iOS-paradigm OS features that don't make sense on the Mac. Instead create more real innovative desktop-class features like Exposé. You can also keep promoting this iPadOS thing at the same time. But sorry Apple, you're never going to transition the content creators to iPadOS. It's just not going to happen ever because the computing model just doesn't work for that kind of work. The best bet is to get back to working hard on the Mac and macOS.