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Apple has different OSs for different usecases 1) iOS for phones 2) iPadOS for tablets 3) MacOS for computers Google attempt to use one OS (Android) for both
by ninju 2y ago
Apple has different OSs for different usecases
1) iOS for phones
2) iPadOS for tablets
3) MacOS for computers
Google attempt to use one OS (Android) for both phones and tablets will result an unwieldy API for developers and confusing experience for users.
Rather than trying to build 'one size fits' solution they should aim for 'right tool for the job' strategy
- lxgr 2y agoiOS and iPadOS are really the same OS under a different marketing label. If you look only at APIs, the overlap even with macOS is very large and getting larger every year. Chrome OS and Android are much farther apart, both in terms of API (web apps and Android are very different; iOS apps can run unmodified on newer Macs, for example) and OS implementation.
- valiant55 2y agoIs there meaningful difference between iOS and iPadOS?
- hackerbrother 2y agoThey are probably effectively two builds of the same OS.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI have a feeling this is less about the design of OSs or APIs and more about how they respond to regulatory pressure to spin off Chrome into a separate business. They may be rebranding parts of the Chrome ecosystem so they aren’t forced to get rid of it.
- mort96 2y agoHm, "will result in"? Android has been an OS for both phones and tablets for decades, most non-iPad tablets already run Android
- staticman2 2y agoThe first android tablet launched in 2010, so it certainly hasn't been a tablet OS for decades.