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What stops the iPad from being able to do these things? What actual restriction is there?

by emsy 5y ago

mcphage 5y ago
Personally, I’d like to run a processing JavaScript server with a Typescript compiler.
HatchedLake721 5y ago
Product positioning and target market. There is a reason why Apple is a 2 trillion company, the best in consumer satisfaction and made technology easy and accessible to toddlers and grandparents worldwide. It never amazes me that HN crowd doesn’t understand this and keeps moaning that the latest iPad doesn’t run Kubernetes. Seriously?!
- 1_player 5y ago
  > the best in consumer satisfaction I can see many non-satisfied customers in this comment section, are their opinions invalid? It amazes me that there's a whole crowd on HN ready to make excuses in every thread for a 2 trillion company, as if they haven't got the resources. I don't see so many people running to apologise and do PR for free for Microsoft or Google.
  - emsy 5y ago
    I remember when Apple treated developers like first class citizens, now they see them as a cost center that cost them 70% of App Store revenue.
  - HatchedLake721 5y ago
    > I can see many non-satisfied customers in this comment section It's called a biased sample and has nothing to do with a genuine, general population customer satisfaction. What makes it more biased is people are complaining about a product that is _NOT_ made for them. > It amazes me that there's a whole crowd on HN ready to make excuses (－‸ლ) I have these discussions every year when a new iPadOS/iPad comes out [1], people complaining they can't run Kubernetes or do troubleshooting with MAC address access on an iPad. My point is that in marketing (what Apple is genius at), there are such things as product positioning and target market. Technical crowd often forgets this, and as per comments here, they'd be happy to ram iPad with never ending list of features. iPad is not made for them. Macs are. Want to get a portable Docker developer machine? Macbook Air is cheaper and lighter than a 12.9 iPad Pro + keyboard. I'm not making excuses for them, I understand Apple's positioning, and I understand what they're doing from marketing/business point of view. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616352
    - emsy 5y ago
      A pencil would be pretty ridiculous for the iPad, after all artists are not Apple's target group. Oh wait, we have have one, and suddenly the iPad is one of the best devices for artists. For developers it's even easier, because the hardware is already there. Why shouldn't I be able to run Kubernetes? Isn't the iPad Pro the "fastest iPad ever made"? I have the device, now let me use it. Fun fact: other iPad users will not be affected by my ability to run Kubernetes or Docker or whatever.

What stops the iPad from being able to do these things? What actual restriction is there?

by emsy 5y ago

What stops the iPad from being able to do these things? What actual restriction is there?

mcphage 5y ago

Personally, I’d like to run a processing JavaScript server with a Typescript compiler.

HatchedLake721 5y ago

Product positioning and target market. There is a reason why Apple is a 2 trillion company, the best in consumer satisfaction and made technology easy and accessible to toddlers and grandparents worldwide. It never amazes me that HN crowd doesn’t understand this and keeps moaning that the latest iPad doesn’t run Kubernetes. Seriously?!

1_player 5y ago
> the best in consumer satisfaction I can see many non-satisfied customers in this comment section, are their opinions invalid? It amazes me that there's a whole crowd on HN ready to make excuses in every thread for a 2 trillion company, as if they haven't got the resources. I don't see so many people running to apologise and do PR for free for Microsoft or Google.
- emsy 5y ago
  I remember when Apple treated developers like first class citizens, now they see them as a cost center that cost them 70% of App Store revenue.
- HatchedLake721 5y ago
  > I can see many non-satisfied customers in this comment section It's called a biased sample and has nothing to do with a genuine, general population customer satisfaction. What makes it more biased is people are complaining about a product that is _NOT_ made for them. > It amazes me that there's a whole crowd on HN ready to make excuses (－‸ლ) I have these discussions every year when a new iPadOS/iPad comes out [1], people complaining they can't run Kubernetes or do troubleshooting with MAC address access on an iPad. My point is that in marketing (what Apple is genius at), there are such things as product positioning and target market. Technical crowd often forgets this, and as per comments here, they'd be happy to ram iPad with never ending list of features. iPad is not made for them. Macs are. Want to get a portable Docker developer machine? Macbook Air is cheaper and lighter than a 12.9 iPad Pro + keyboard. I'm not making excuses for them, I understand Apple's positioning, and I understand what they're doing from marketing/business point of view. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616352
  - emsy 5y ago
    A pencil would be pretty ridiculous for the iPad, after all artists are not Apple's target group. Oh wait, we have have one, and suddenly the iPad is one of the best devices for artists. For developers it's even easier, because the hardware is already there. Why shouldn't I be able to run Kubernetes? Isn't the iPad Pro the "fastest iPad ever made"? I have the device, now let me use it. Fun fact: other iPad users will not be affected by my ability to run Kubernetes or Docker or whatever.