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Yes because flipping those bits would make the iPad a Mac. And the whole point of an iPad is that you have a simple and consistent experience.
by threeseed 2y ago
Yes because flipping those bits would make the iPad a Mac.
And the whole point of an iPad is that you have a simple and consistent experience.
- stickmunch 2y agoI don't recall which WWDC it was.. They had a slide with the largest text they ever used. The question was "will ipadOS and macOS merge? "NO"
- stickmunch 2y agoFound it. it was iOS and macOS but still... https://youtu.be/DOYikXbC6Fs https://youtu.be/DOYikXbC6Fs
- Dylan16807 2y agoFor a phone, you really do want a different interface. (unless you're tethering it) That's much more justifiable.
- armada651 2y agoBecause that would either mean locking down MacOS or opening up iOS. Apple would love to lock down MacOS, but it'd be incredibly bad press to admit to that publicly.
- jvan 2y ago>a simple and consistent experience Has that not been Apple's entire marketing thrust since 1984?
- idle_zealot 2y agoIt's fine that Apple wants to ship with those bits unflipped. What's unreasonable is that Apple stops you from flipping them.