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> Apple justified it by non-Pro having lcd, while Pro having Oled. Where did Apple justified that?
In the iP14 keynotes it explained how the oled allows for always-on display.
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You are not serious, aren't you? You have Raspberry Pi for that purpose. It's like saying Mercedes should allow me to install software on my Mercedes so I can use my $200k car to use it as a tractor.
Since when does Raspberry Pi ship with a 4:3 Retina display? Does the Mercedes self-brick after 7 years?
I have an iPad mini 2 and Air 2, which still work after almost a decade of use.
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> the media only serves to try and empower the Right, which I always thought was something the media do not want Whatever gave you that impression? A significant percentage of all media outlets are owned by very right-leaning businessmen, or otherwise entangled in capitalism to such extent that it may bias their judgement
A plurality of Western media is far-far-left leaning.
A large portion of western media is state-funded public broadcasters (the BBC, CBC, PBS, ...), and another large swathe is under the control of various explicitly right-leaning corporations (Murdoch's News Corp and Fox, Sinclair, ...).
While there are indeed numerous liberal-leaning media outlets, it is entirely unclear to me that they have equivalent reach to their conservative counterparts.
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Apps aren't updated. Web browsing is unsafe.
In your other comment you laid out potential uses for a "unlocked" ipad web browser IoT control panel video conferencing photo frame e-reader kiosk The bottom 5 don't really need updates and if Android tablets are anything to go by (looking at you Nexus 10) arguably will work better running on top Apple software instead of whatever half baked garbage gets dumped out of the major distros or "custom rom" makers. For we…
Anything connected to a network requires security updates. The bottom five require network connectivity.
> Slow as molasses for the content
An old tablet isn't suitable for general Javascript-impaired web browsing, but there is a wide world of static online/offline content accessible to slow web browsers, as well as bespoke static content delivered via HTTP.
> Whole lot of work.. for almost no gain
The heavy lifting work is in device enablement, but that's a one time cost. Applications exist, work on other devices and are already maintained. Linux iPads would only expand the userbase for those applications.
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Could you recommend an article or Apple web page listing those additions? Or name some here? Mark Gurman, long-time Apple journalist, didn't find any iPad-specific features, beyond AI/LLM features coming to all Apple platforms. Here's another article that lists "everything" announced at WWDC, which doesn't list any new iPad features, other than AI/LLM, https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/10/everything-apple-announced...
Just watch the darn video from this morning, its only 7 minutes long and you are using a device that is tailored for this very use case ha ha https://youtu.be/RXeOiIDNNek?t=2584 FYI they even purposely made fun of themselves regarding the calculator app.
iOS: customize home screen + control center
apps: floating tab bar menus
apple apps: animations + doc browser
screen sharing: pencil annotations
calculator: math notes + brett victor animations
apple notes: handwriting digital twin
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Out of curiosity, what do you think should be done to mitigate the climate issue? I personally believe in engineering solutions that are better than the current solutions. With the collapse in prices for EVs, I am drooling over these super cheap electric cars and hope to one day have a backup used car just for fun trips around town. Or maybe just pick up a single long range EV for a little bit more. Right now the rep…
Don't drool, it is unbecoming ;) > Am I an outlier, yes Nope, normcore to the max. You've been greenwashed. Your EV won't run on Solar. The cost of electricity is not trending towards zero. > I am always trying to find ways to swap out my lifestyle with something more efficient. The best thing you could personally do is squeeze out a few hundreds thousands miles out of a third hand Honda Civic. Not that your personal…
Unfortunately I am a programmer so I always am thinking of optimizing and efficiency. Sorry but its how my brain is wired! :)
>Your EV won't run on Solar. The cost of electricity is not trending towards zero.
Are you in the US? Because every year I look at prices to install solar panels and it is definitely trending in that direction. Do we have to account for the carbon to produce those panels? Yes but that part of the supply chain is also cleaning up and furthermore we are now seeing the results of the first major solar installs from 25 years ago as they reach their expected end of life. End of life for them means 80-85% of the energy generated when they were new. Given the evidence we have seen, this is definitely not greenwashing...unless you are buying the nonsense expressed in that conference where they talk about greenwashing ;)
>The best thing you could personally do is squeeze out a few hundreds thousands miles out of a third hand Honda Civic. Not that your personal lifestyle matters one iota.
You are right as personal consumption is a drop in the bucket compared to industry. If it does become the norm my hope is that continued supply and labor inflation will force businesses to cut costs wherever they can and once Solar + EV gets to a certain price point, even business will have to adopt to stay competitive.
>Enjoy life and if you want to promote anything at all promote engineering degrees for young people. And nuclear power.
I would love some Nuclear but the ship has sailed. The US has forgotten how to build reactors and China has raced past them in their own custom designs. Now in the US it is just nonsense promoted by the Oil industry pushed down to COnservatives/Libertarians to distract.
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What eWaste are you talking about? The lifetime, battery life, and software updates are way longer than those of any other tablet on the market. iPads are not a replacement for Macbooks or PCs; let it be the iPad.
There has not yet been a tablet that was commercially competitive with iPad, measured by sales volume/revenue. Perhaps a future PC OEM 2-in-1 will be successful, based on Qualcomm Oryon/Arm SoC from ex-Apple Nuvia. > software updates are way longer There's no "longer" for comparison, when there is no competitor. Old iPads could continue to work for years, running Linux. Apple could unlock the boot after terminating s…
There is no tablet market, there is an iPad market and "other".
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And what would you do with an ipad running linux? There's no tablet software. May sound harsh, but the Open Source movement is just not capable of producing enough software to make Linux a viable on the desktop, let alone on the tablet.
Bluetooth keyboard + mouse. I have an iPad that is eWaste because Apple said it is even though it technically still functions and would work great if Apple would let me use it as a terminal to my main computer
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No, its not, measured by reach or influence. Probably not by number of outlets, either, not that it would matter. The dominant Western media position is center-right neoliberal corporate capitalist (unsurprisingly, reflect both the ruling class of Western society and, as its the same class, the class that predominantly owns corporations, including media corps.)
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That’s...very much not true. I use terminology more popular with people to the left of my own position because it is the most fit for the purpose.
> Is The Guardian not socialist enough to your tastes or something?
The Guardian is left of the median of major Western media outlets, not a representation of where the Western media is centered.
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And what would you do with an ipad running linux? There's no tablet software. May sound harsh, but the Open Source movement is just not capable of producing enough software to make Linux a viable on the desktop, let alone on the tablet.
Bluetooth keyboard + mouse. I have an iPad that is eWaste because Apple said it is even though it technically still functions and would work great if Apple would let me use it as a terminal to my main computer