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I am an iPad customer and I agree 100% with the article. There is no good reason for this exceptionally powerful device to be so functionally crippled.

• dangus 2y ago
  But also at this point the people who share your opinion need to stop buying the product. It has been this same product for many years and it’s never promised a computer-like experience (save for a certain short-lived and misguided advertisement). That’s why it’s so tiring to hear this kind of stuff. I own an iPad for my kitchen as a recipe and web browsing/YouTube machine. I paid under $400 for it and it is a great appliance for that job. But people who want more functionality shouldn’t buy it. Buy the product that is shipped, not the product that you want it to be in the future.
  • archagon 2y ago
    I love it for what it currently does, but it could be so much more. So I'm just going to lobby for increased regulation until Apple is forced to crack it open.
    • dangus 2y ago
      Why is regulation needed? The iPad only holds a 32% market share which is decreasing.
  • walterbell 2y ago
    > Buy the product that is shipped, not the product that you want it to be in the future. Apple can thank the creative imagination of past iPhone users for present iPhone product. iPad was improved by competition with Microsoft Surface. Qualcomm (ex-Apple Nuvia) Oryon 2-in-1 devices can influence future iPad Pro products.