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Every now and then I see post like this. Am still surprised there isn’t a solution to make the iPad a real dev machine. Apple must really not want us to do th

Every now and then I see post like this. Am still surprised there isn’t a solution to make the iPad a real dev machine. Apple must really not want us to do this.

tonymet 2y ago
Apple is in a pickle because of background app restrictions. On Android, OEMs and App developers play tricks to hack those restrictions and you end up with awful user experience and poor battery life. If apple loosens background restrictions to allow for IDEs, compilers, terminals and any app that needs to keep a socket or child process alive -- an entire league of background battery-killers will hit the app store This is a case of Apple discipline in favor of the iPad platform.
- geniium 2y ago
  Oh yeah that's a good point I forgot. They have always been very protective of the "user experience" - battery life beeing a big topic there.
  - tonymet 2y ago
    battery life and responsiveness (cpu budgeting)
    - geniium 2y ago
      cpu budgeting, love that word!
      - tonymet 2y ago
        thanks! let's keep this complement trend going.
- sumuyuda 2y ago
  The apple silicon laptops get pretty close to all day battery life with real multitasking. I guess the iPad has a smaller battery, but I would be interested to see how long running macOS on an iPad would last. Apple could even support switching the iPad into a desktop mode, which would be real macOS. Could be similar to how the Steam Deck switches to KDE. I suspect the real reason is Apple wants the iPad to remain a consumption device so they can sell you more than one device.