[TheOtherHobbes]

An iPad doesn't have the thermals of a laptop. They are not the same device.

People who want root on everything and a command line are a tiny minority of the population.

Most users don't even know what root is. They don't want to know. It doesn't interest them. They don't find it a limitation because command line computing is something they're actively indifferent to.

Having a powerful engine (for burst computing) changes nothing. They still don't care. They want something that runs CapCut or whatever, and that's the extent of their interest in technology.