[tinus_hn]

> as hamstrung as an iPad.

iPad is selling great because it is not ‘hamstrung’, it’s focused. People choose a device that does a few things only and does them greatly, instead of one that does everything, poorly.

There’s plenty of tablets with similar hardware specifications to an iPad that allow sideloading and hacking. That’s just not what a lot of people are looking for. They want a device where you can trust that if you press the button, the screen turns on and the apps do what they do, every time, without it being another computer to administer.

[technol0gic]

agreed. like or hate apple, it does seem they're the only company that consistently seems to test their products with 'regular' people (parents, school principals, construction workers, etc), not people who know what 'sideload' even means