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It doesn't have to run macOS. Frankly I hate macOS. It just needs to not be crippled. Let people run what they want and give it a usable file manager. Yes, it'

It doesn't have to run macOS. Frankly I hate macOS. It just needs to not be crippled. Let people run what they want and give it a usable file manager. Yes, it's great for sketching, entertainment apps and most web browsing. But if you go outside those use cases at all it's a horrible frustrating experience. Seriously, there are tasks that are easier to do on an Amazon Fire. That should not be the case when an iPad is multitudes more powerful and more expensive. It's a nice product for the handful of approved tasks but even for those its really easy to run into problems especially if ANYTHING requires managing more than 2 files or features from multiple apps. The iPad could be a lot more and a lot more peoples one device.

dangus 2y ago
I own it for my kitchen browsing and YouTube. I paid less than $400 because of those limitations. I just want a recipe and content appliance that is small, cheap, and has good battery life. That’s why I think this is tiring…the people who want it to be more than it is should just take their money elsewhere. Samsung will happily sell you an iPad clone that has more power user capability and is a great product.
- goosedragons 2y ago
  I don't understand how enabling the iPad to do more would affect your use case at all. It's also really tiring to hear "YoU'Re just NoT an iPAD CusTOmer!" when any valid criticism is raised.
  - dangus 2y ago
    I’d love if the iPad did more. At the same time, I’m not going to buy a Honda Civic and complain that it doesn’t rock crawl as well as a Jeep Wrangler.
    - goosedragons 2y ago
      Except it's more like you bought a Jeep Sprangler that has the same chassis, drivetrain and engine as the Wrangler plus some convenient and actually useful features the Wrangler doesn't like an automatic top and winch that makes it more useful than the Wrangler in a lot of situations especially when you buy the admittedly expensive tire kit but it has random factory software lock that shuts the car off the second it sense you're off road. Most iPad models are basically keyboardless MBAs with touch screens and pen support. Same CPUs, same RAM, same SSDs. And you can easily add the keyboard and mouse back.

dangus 2y ago

I own it for my kitchen browsing and YouTube. I paid less than $400 because of those limitations. I just want a recipe and content appliance that is small, cheap, and has good battery life. That’s why I think this is tiring…the people who want it to be more than it is should just take their money elsewhere. Samsung will happily sell you an iPad clone that has more power user capability and is a great product.

goosedragons 2y ago
I don't understand how enabling the iPad to do more would affect your use case at all. It's also really tiring to hear "YoU'Re just NoT an iPAD CusTOmer!" when any valid criticism is raised.
- dangus 2y ago
  I’d love if the iPad did more. At the same time, I’m not going to buy a Honda Civic and complain that it doesn’t rock crawl as well as a Jeep Wrangler.
  - goosedragons 2y ago
    Except it's more like you bought a Jeep Sprangler that has the same chassis, drivetrain and engine as the Wrangler plus some convenient and actually useful features the Wrangler doesn't like an automatic top and winch that makes it more useful than the Wrangler in a lot of situations especially when you buy the admittedly expensive tire kit but it has random factory software lock that shuts the car off the second it sense you're off road. Most iPad models are basically keyboardless MBAs with touch screens and pen support. Same CPUs, same RAM, same SSDs. And you can easily add the keyboard and mouse back.