If there is going be insistence on platforms being open there shouldn’t be these distinctions.
All of these devices are capable of general purpose computing at a hardware level, phones, tablets, PCs, headsets are now very similar and generalised in that regard. I don’t see why a phone platform should be forced to be open while a games console gets to remain closed, when there is now only a hair’s breadth separating an Xbox from a Windows PC.
If there is going be insistence on platforms being open there shouldn’t be these distinctions.
All of these devices are capable of general purpose computing at a hardware level, phones, tablets, PCs, headsets are now very similar and generalised in that regard. I don’t see why a phone platform should be forced to be open while a games console gets to remain closed, when there is now only a hair’s breadth separating an Xbox from a Windows PC.
Apple should add “console” into their branding to solve all their problems.
The all new iPhone 17+ Console.
There isn’t any significant difference between a Switch and an iPhone