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This was all over the place. The article itself seemingly bares no relation to the headline. Replacing your laptop with a tablet and then complaining that the tablet cannot do the same things as the laptop was a slightly interesting take in 2010. The iPad has now been around for 15 years. A tech journalist being surprised it doesn't have a terminal with root access at this point is baffling.
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Don't most browsers have a "Desktop site" option you can turn on to tell websites you want the desktop version? It seems weird to blame your device for websites' bad decisions, especially when your device goes out of its way to allow you to force websites to correct their mistake.
It’s the whole entire industry making things broken and user-hostile.
I guess this kind of article always gets attention, but they always seem so stupid to me. A thing exists that I don't want. I could: (1) ignore the thing; or (2) complain that the thing isn't something I want (1) seems so obviously the right thing to do. This goes double when the thing you do want does, in fact, exist . But, no, the internet opts for (2). I guess complaining just feels good, even when it's about some…
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There is, in fact, a very simple way to opt out of buying an appliance. Don't buy it.
At some point that means not buying any modern technology because it's all been locked down. We're already most of the way there.
Linux isn't going anywhere.
You just don't think people should be allowed to make choices you don't approve of.
I guess this kind of article always gets attention, but they always seem so stupid to me. A thing exists that I don't want. I could: (1) ignore the thing; or (2) complain that the thing isn't something I want (1) seems so obviously the right thing to do. This goes double when the thing you do want does, in fact, exist . But, no, the internet opts for (2). I guess complaining just feels good, even when it's about some…
This article seems a little ranty, but you could definitely be forgiven for thinking that iPads are general-purpose computing devices. There aren't any hardware limitations, and for years (haven't checked the last year or two), Apple was heavily advertising them as being just that, especially with keyboards and other add-ons. If you weren't intimately familiar with the goings-on, had brand loyalty from a MacBook that…
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The author literally just bought the wrong device for their needs. Probably 95% of people who own computers do not need root access and should not have it, possibly ever. The iPad is a great device for all the people who need what it offers. It's an amazing graphical tablet, it's a cheap way to watch movies and play games, and it's an amazing system to use while standing without a desk (e.g., for retail and outdoor s…
Some folks seem to be in the fashion that everything with a CPU can get a monitor and a keyboard attached to it, regardless of the original design purpose.
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At some point that means not buying any modern technology because it's all been locked down. We're already most of the way there.
There are plenty of other choices. Linux isn't going anywhere. You just don't think people should be allowed to make choices you don't approve of.
This is what Apple believes, not the person you're replying to?
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The hardware is fit for purpose. That's what makes the situation frustrating. It's a software lock.
That wasn't what it was being sold for, so no it isn't.
I think you'll find that you will quickly exhaust the max character limit...
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Maybe they don't because they've seen what happens when Microsoft tried to build an OS that was both touch screen and mouse & keyboard.
Nah, it's just corporate greed on apple's part. They want to sell you both the MacBook and the iPad. Apple is the only major notebook manufacturer which still doesn't offer touch on any of their notebooks. Yes, Windows 8 was a failure, but Windows 10 and 11 are successful products and they are also built around touch + m&k. GNOME and KDE on Linux also support touch input. Take a look at this device: https://rog.asus.…
Is that a feature people actually use? My last laptop had it, but I eventually disabled it in the BIOS because I never really used it, except by accident. I didn't find it comfortable holding my arm out at that angle, and I didn't like having all the fingerprints on my screen.
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Why don't you just get a MacBook Air then? Or a Mini?
MBA or Mini don't also have a touch screen and pen support. iPads are a lot more flexible in form factor than anything else Apple sells.