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Why do you ask about iOS? How do you download Firefox in a Tesla? How do you download Firefox on a Nintendo Gameboy? Those are special devices which have specia
by dustinmoris 5y ago
Why do you ask about iOS? How do you download Firefox in a Tesla? How do you download Firefox on a Nintendo Gameboy? Those are special devices which have special requirements. I wouldn't compare that to a computer.
On my laptop it's super easy. I opened Safari, went to the Firefox website, then downloaded it. At no point whatsoever did Apple bully me into not downloading Firefox.
- fsflover 5y ago> Those are special devices which have special requirements. I wouldn't compare that to a computer. So iPad is not a computer? What is it?
- formerly_proven 5y agoMedia consooomption device
- fsflover 5y agoNot, it's not, according to Apple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92B-qbLnNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92B-qbLnNE.
- endemic 5y agoGenuinely asking (haven’t really been keeping up with Apple): is it possible to write software on the iPad for the iPad? If not, I’m not sure how you could consider it a “full computer”.
- throwaway946513 5y agoThe issue with what's a 'computer' we could say is a general computing device. General computing devices enable you to install software freely and use it however you'd deem fit. Desktop computers are general computers. So are laptops. And for the vast majority of people, an iPhone or Android device are general computing devices. However, the Android device allows the user to actually do 'general' things like write code and develop software on itself. While the 'i' device doesn't. The issue is that the 'i' device is often sold as a 'general computing' device like all other smartphones and computers. The issue with the 'Tesla' computer is that it isn't a general computer. The purpose of the device is solely to control and manage the vehicle.