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Please explain exactly what an iPad Pro is supposed to be used for. List out every possible use case of an iPad Pro. I think you'll find that you will quickly exhaust the max character limit...
Here there you go, https://www.apple.com/ipad/
Sounds like a general purpose device to me.
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Interesting definition. I would have said what it's sold for doesn't matter at all when we're taking about whether it's fit for some arbitrary purpose. I want to probe your definition a bit. Let's say a factory makes gears. All the broken ones get recycled. After all quality checks have been done, some of the passing gears are pulled off the line and redirected to the gift shop to be sold as paperweights. 1. Are unso…
Comparing Apples to Oranges. One is a device sold with a specific purpose that the buyers knowingly paid for, the other is a piece of isolated pieces pluggable hardware.
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I have found that keeping up with the modem capabilities of the average person's phone has been historically important for getting good signal strength and service in general. I don't know if this is a resolved problem with 5G LTE and/or how backwards compatible 5G is with 4G (can they share spectrum? I honestly don't know, and perhaps it all depends on the particular carrier and how they allocate their deployments),…
So for you convenience is more important than supporting alternatives to the duopoly. I can understand that for sure, however keep in mind that duopoly is dangerous to the free market and its users in the long term. (See this: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/ ). I do suffer from the lack of some features.
Let's not forget also that Android is mostly open-source and that there are actual Google-free Android alternatives out there: GrapheneOS, /e/OS, LineageOS, CalyxOS...so Librem is competing with other open source alternatives that are far more capable and run on far better hardware.
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Interesting definition. I would have said what it's sold for doesn't matter at all when we're taking about whether it's fit for some arbitrary purpose. I want to probe your definition a bit. Let's say a factory makes gears. All the broken ones get recycled. After all quality checks have been done, some of the passing gears are pulled off the line and redirected to the gift shop to be sold as paperweights. 1. Are unso…
Comparing Apples to Oranges. One is a device sold with a specific purpose that the buyers knowingly paid for, the other is a piece of isolated pieces pluggable hardware.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S5BLs51yDQ
“with iPad Pro + iOS 11, a post-PC world may be closer than you think.”
https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/16/ipad-pro-whats-a-computer-ad/
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If the largest vendor of computer hardware on the planet purposely locks down its devices for no apparent consumer benefit then informed users have every right to complain to the less informed how this harms the entire market in the long run.
It is the largest vendor, exactly because only a minority cares about using a UNIX shell on their tablets.
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I have the option of paying for every subscription service I use on my iPad without paying Apple a dime - ChatGPT, Google drive, Office 365, every streaming service, Kindle books etc
So do I, I just don't sign up for the subscription through Apple's services but natively through the provider.
Many don’t allow you to subscribe through Apple.
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Are you telling me people use computers for different reasons? No I won’t believe it. My specific workflow is all that is important and if that doesn’t fit to every form factor of device out there, then the manufacturer of that device is a fraud who is deliberately trying to spite me.
> then the manufacturer of that device is a fraud who is deliberately trying to spite me That's a weird conclusion, even for a sarcastic remark. Is it a fraud - is the marketing deceptive? Possibly, yes, I personally believe it can be said so. I think it could be the case because it fails to mention the nuance that iPads aren't a good device for certain tasks. If an ad says "for everyone" without any asterisks and sm…
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So for you convenience is more important than supporting alternatives to the duopoly. I can understand that for sure, however keep in mind that duopoly is dangerous to the free market and its users in the long term. (See this: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/ ). I do suffer from the lack of some features.
This is kind of like saying it would be better for me to take the train or bus to work and that car-based infrastructure harms everyone, but I live in San Bernadino or Indianapolis. You're not wrong but if you are in that environment it's clear which choice is more logical if I'm comparing a two hour bus ride or no transit at all to a 30-minute car ride. Let's not forget also that Android is mostly open-source and th…
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That's high praise since it's basically what Apple was going for with the iPad, getting out of your way to let you focus on the task at hand.
WRT drawing, specifically: no, they dragged their feet on introducing a pen/stylus for years. They insisted it be a "touch-only" device (Wacom's patents on display digitizers surely did not factor in /s), which sucked for those of us who couldn't afford a Cintiq, but who had a perfectly good iPad 2 lying around. There were several valiant, if flawed, stylus efforts befor the Pencil, but with awkward connection, press…
I agree that early third-party styli were a pain - I used various Jot versions, which were better than nothing but not great.
But the Apple pencil + Procreate is actually great, and a fulfillment of the iPad's original promise in the drawing space.
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This is kind of like saying it would be better for me to take the train or bus to work and that car-based infrastructure harms everyone, but I live in San Bernadino or Indianapolis. You're not wrong but if you are in that environment it's clear which choice is more logical if I'm comparing a two hour bus ride or no transit at all to a 30-minute car ride. Let's not forget also that Android is mostly open-source and th…
Depending on your use case, Librem 5 may be more capable, since it runs full desktop OS, so you can run the same apps as on desktop, connect via ssh, install things with apt, use it in desktop mode, easier develop new apps etc.
Or you could just get a tablet with a cellular modem like a Surface Pro, or a laptop like a Framework.
I know I'm beating this thread to death but I feel quite strongly that Librem is just many bars below other open source and/or fair/repairable device companies like Fairphone and Framework in terms of delivering a product that makes reasonable tradeoffs and isn't wildly behind other options in value.