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Would love to see it, but my guess would be only if there's ever regulation to force Apple to allow it under climate concerns or right to repair type policy.

fjfuvucucuc 3y ago
Or you know, you lot could stop giving them money.
- kushie 3y ago
  oh, i don't think tech professionals or software enthusiasts are majority share holders of apple's bottom line
  - fjfuvucucuc 3y ago
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- ikurei 3y ago
  Whenever I read this kind of comment, specially about Apple, I always wonder: What are you suggesting we do? If the answer is "just don't have a tablet and buy a FairPhone or a feature phone, have less tech", I think that's coherent. But if the answer is just "don't buy Apple, but continue to buy", I'd say they're all just as bad at best, way worse in general. Apple devices have a longer supported life, although others tend to be more hackable.
simonh 3y ago
I think there’s a reasonable argument that manufacturers should be required to open up hardware when they no longer support it. The problem is I doubt that would achieve what most people here seem to expect fur older devices. You might be able to run a really basic Linux on the older devices, but their very limited RAM will severely constrain what you can run on them. The native OS is so optimised for the hardware, trying to get better performance, or even matching power consumption on generic Linux is just not realistic. Frankly other than for hobbyist purposes the last version of the native OS is probably as functional as they’re likely to get. Having said all that, more recent iPads are powerful machines that are likely to still be very capable fur as long as they will run. Asahi Linux is compatible with M-series hardware. So while think getting latest gen performance such as modern browsing out of legacy kit is a pipe dream whatever Apple did, I think there are real possibilities going forward.
- anderspitman 3y ago
  There's a lot of use cases outside traditional tablet functionality, such as running a webserver or turning those excellent Apple screens into a secondary monitor.

fjfuvucucuc 3y ago

Or you know, you lot could stop giving them money.

kushie 3y ago
oh, i don't think tech professionals or software enthusiasts are majority share holders of apple's bottom line
- fjfuvucucuc 3y ago
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ikurei 3y ago
Whenever I read this kind of comment, specially about Apple, I always wonder: What are you suggesting we do? If the answer is "just don't have a tablet and buy a FairPhone or a feature phone, have less tech", I think that's coherent. But if the answer is just "don't buy Apple, but continue to buy", I'd say they're all just as bad at best, way worse in general. Apple devices have a longer supported life, although others tend to be more hackable.

simonh 3y ago

I think there’s a reasonable argument that manufacturers should be required to open up hardware when they no longer support it. The problem is I doubt that would achieve what most people here seem to expect fur older devices. You might be able to run a really basic Linux on the older devices, but their very limited RAM will severely constrain what you can run on them. The native OS is so optimised for the hardware, trying to get better performance, or even matching power consumption on generic Linux is just not realistic. Frankly other than for hobbyist purposes the last version of the native OS is probably as functional as they’re likely to get. Having said all that, more recent iPads are powerful machines that are likely to still be very capable fur as long as they will run. Asahi Linux is compatible with M-series hardware. So while think getting latest gen performance such as modern browsing out of legacy kit is a pipe dream whatever Apple did, I think there are real possibilities going forward.

anderspitman 3y ago
There's a lot of use cases outside traditional tablet functionality, such as running a webserver or turning those excellent Apple screens into a secondary monitor.