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I bought an iPad and an Apple Pencil for drawing. If I could have bought the same hardware with the same functionality, but not Apple, I absolutely would have.
by RoyalHenOil 3y ago
I bought an iPad and an Apple Pencil for drawing.
If I could have bought the same hardware with the same functionality, but not Apple, I absolutely would have. It's not because I hate Apple products (I happily use Macintoshes), but because the system is too closed.
I overwhelmingly prefer Android, Microsoft, and macOS to iPadOS -- primarily because I can get a browser I like on them, but not on my iPad. If I didn't use it for drawing, I would sell it.
- spiderice 3y agoYou forgot the final line of your argument: “…so we should use the government to force people to build that product I just dreamt up, rather than the one they want to build.”
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoI don't live in the EU or have any connection to the EU, and I am not positioned to have any strong opinion of the laws or court cases there. My argument was against the person above claiming that an open platform makes for a worse product, and that European iPad users would get an inferior experience. I disagree. Let's not forget that Apple invented the smart phone, but then they lost their dominance over the smart phone market. It seems to me that consumers like open platforms. I don't think there should be laws forcing closed platforms to be open, given a competitive marketplace where people have a choice. I think most people will choose open platforms in a free market, but it is good that closed platforms exist for people who prefer them. That is one of the benefits of competition. I do think anti-monopoly laws are necessary for maintaining this competition. However, I don't know enough details of this case to know whether I agree with this specific ruling. I do think the EU can be very heavy handed without sufficiently considering the implications. But that's their business, I guess.
- sujal 3y agoApple didn’t invent the smartphone, never had a the dominant share of phones sold globally. They didn’t even invent the first touchscreen phone. Their innovation has always been marrying software and hardware. It is a high risk approach that they execute well.
- nulld3v 3y agoYou can build whatever you dream, as long as you aren't dreaming about a monopoly.
- antifa 3y agoI doubt the actual programmers feel like they're building the product they want to build, these details are dictated down from the top.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI hope you bought a generic "pencil" at least. There's knockoffs to be had for <$10 on aliexpress, I bought two. I or someone needs to get around to reverse engineering the digitizer's stylus support, since ipad6 digitizer glass can be bought for ~$11 last I checked, and all-in that's pretty competitive with regular drawing tablets even if you include the rpi nano used to drive the thing.
- pbh101 3y agoI don’t think I’ve ever felt upset at mobile Safari’s browser engine. What am I missing?
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoI strongly prefer Safari and their plugin offerings (especially uBlock Origin).