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by blipmusic 768 days ago
> There are tons of types of “Pros”.

Regardless of our personal professional affinities the only reason iPadOS stays locked down is that it's simply more profitable to sell a customer two devices instead of just one. I would love to have an iPad Pro as my only home computer, but it's just not doable due to its OS limitations. The artistic angle is just Apple's way to make the platform believable.

Why would an artist care if I can also compile code on an iPad?

I can only assume that macOS must be offensive to some due to its "openness". The truth is that macOS allows me to be both an artist and a developer, and I don't have a single doubt that Apple could pull off an interface that allows a similar experience on iPadOS. It's just that doing so will lose them money.
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throwitaway1123 768 days ago
> the only reason iPadOS stays locked down is that it's simply more profitable to sell a customer two devices instead of just one.

Not only do they want to sell you an iPad and a separate computer, but they would ideally like to sell your family multiple iPads, which is why you can't have more than one user account on an iPad (unless you have a business or educational account with Apple [1]).

[1] https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/shared-ipad-overv...

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alanwreath 768 days ago
This 100%.

For the brief stint I had the Vision Pro, I was so confused Apple made sharing it so hard(and it really isn’t shared - it’s just there for the free taste because it is timelimit locked). But after a little thought it clicked:

Apple only loves the idea of the VisionPro if it means you never share.

Apple has always been a walled garden, so when the iPhone imposed it nobody blinked(there are/were tradeoffs, ok). But ever since the iPod, Apple has been all about the personal device. No more multiuser anything:

- iPod - iWatch - iPhone - iPad

It becomes super obvious what the “i” really stands for when you realize it was for a single person.

and now spatial computing, this new era where actual business is supposed to happen

- VisionPro

Even though the “i” isn’t there, it really should be. The power of cohesion between these devices is one of wonder. But the cohesion could still exist with standards. What we have with Apple is bad for the customer and any innovation outside apples limited interests.

I wish Britain would have went for the head and after the innovation stifling instead of the stupid port forcing. Also an innovation stifler.

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