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> why would you expect a tablet to substitute for a general computing platform? it already is one, just with an OS that locks down its ability to function as
by ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
> why would you expect a tablet to substitute for a general computing platform?
it already is one, just with an OS that locks down its ability to function as one
why would you expect the OS to do that when it could also give the user the option to use the general computing platform as a general computing platform?
- Toutouxc 3y agoApple has never marketed iPad as a general computing platform. (Well, except that weird “what’s a computer” ad.) No version of iPad has ever been able to run any other OS than iOS/iPadOS and the device itself was introduced as a user-friendly alternative to the clunky and ugly “tablet PCs”. When a product reminds you of a different product, or has the same amount of hardware inside as the other product, it doesn’t have to be that other product.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agomaybe, maybe not, but that doesn't change the fact that it's already a general computing platform, just with an OS that locks down its ability to function as one so, why would you expect the OS to do that when it could also give the user the option to use the general computing platform as a general computing platform? Just because of marketing? Just because that's what they've always done? Neither are good answers imho