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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking (arstechnica.com)
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Personally, I was shocked that they did the thing that people have been asking them to do for years. I expected them to continue to dig their heels in and ship another halfstep / half-assed measure.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Kind of a mind blowing read since Android has had this for over a decade.

Apple F'd this up way back when they had divergent builds between phone and tablet OS treatments because they were afraid the iPad would impact MacBook sales. They nerfed the entire device line by restricting memory for this exact reason. Not even mentioned once in this article.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They needed the entire device line by restricting memory for this exact reason. Not even mentioned once in this article.

    Autocorrect issue? This doesn't make sense to me as written. Maybe impeded?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    This is the problem with android fans. You’ll say Android does X or Y thing and has been able to do it for years! Apple sucks!

    But the reality is that it doesn’t matter because the app ecosystem for Android tablets is abysmal, so who gives a fuck about the capabilities of Android tablets if there’s nothing worth doing on them? Most Android tablet apps are still phone apps. It’s terrible all around.

    And I don’t mean this in a platform war way, it’s just that it’s not a straight up comparison as it would be with Phones which are more up to par.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    https://www.laptopmag.com/tablets/ipads/apple-is-intentionally-kneecapping-the-ipad-and-wwdc-2025-proved-it

    https://www.wired.com/story/apple-macpad-ipad-mac-merging/

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40368439

    And also I was at WWDC 2019 where they literally said in a Q&A they weren't making developer tools available for iOS because they wanted people to use MacOS for development.

    There is literally no difference in software between any of them anymore, except the manufactured kneecaps that they won't allow certain devices to produce under.

    Android had all this over a decade ago. It's just a fact.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    If you like Apple devices you also know they are opinionated. Sure there’s no reason not to allow X or Y thing on it, but if it requires dev time why would Apple invest on something that they do not see as a priority for the device? The iPad is not aimed at developers or engineers it’s aimed at creatives and board room executives. I know many tattoo artists that use it, they have 0 complaints about the device. I know it’s widely used by illustrators as well.

    And yea it’s true Android has had all those features for ages, but who gives a fuck like I said? The apps are not there and no one wants an android Tablet because of it. If those features were so good and so better than what the iPad offers people would be ditching their iPads for Android tablets, but that’s not what happens at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    The simplest difference is a company that cripples their products to ensure they keep profit margins and $1 TRILLION in the bank.

    It's not a better product, it's just a profit machine.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Then go buy the better product, it’s a free market. Whenever Apple is no longer fulfilling the expectations of their customer, they will start to lose market share to their competitors that do. So go ahead, buy that Android tablet.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You're completely missing the point though.

    The reason Apple is literally spending billions of dollars globally fighting against government mandates for opening their ecosystem to third-party app stores is not because of their usability, it's because they know they have an on-par product with a high profit margin and intend to keep that way instead of doing actual innovation to differentiate their products.

    As you even said, there is no difference between them now, so just existing to enhance profits is not a good reason to keep doing things as they are.

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