As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users...

Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading::As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users…

  • @_number8_English
    49•1 year ago

    sideloading would be nice; i have no idea how people can get proper work done on an ipad as of now (especially with apple at one point acting like it was only a matter of time for them to replace laptops). everything is so overly glossy and surface level and designed for children or the elderly; you can’t actually DO anything!

    • @[email protected]English
      20•1 year ago

      Even with side loading, you will still be pretty limited as the iPad is decently locked down. First of all it needs a decent window manager. That alone would go a long way.

      But honestly, these things should be running full blown macOS when they are docked to a mouse and keyboard.

      They had an 11” air at one point, so screen size can’t be the issue.

      • Tiger JerusalemEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        This could be the real “pro” iPhone. Running m3, acting as a phone by itself and throwing a full macOS with Office and Adobe Cloud apps when docked.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          Yeah! Even if not an m3, the chip in the 15 pro is good enough for most people. If you really need more power then, get an m3.

          I’d love if my phone was my computer in that way.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•1 year ago

      Yuh-huh! Just get a terminal emulator from the App Store. I will be just a few dollars a month. Then you can ssh into a Linux server you have somewhere.

      See it’s an entire computer!

    • @chitak166English
      5•1 year ago

      That’s the point. They want people to use devices where information is given to them, but they can’t interact with it or give something back.

      They literally want us scrolling tiktok all day before it’s time to get ready for work.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        That’s also where the Web is now.

        People are saying that Flash was bad and HTML5 with heavy JS and all the functionality of modern browsers is good.

        Such people are either fine with it, or don’t understand that downsides of Flash (or Java applets, or whatever else) were defined by its advantages, which were much more important.

        A lot of kids or young people with no particular interest in IT\CS\engineering would use Flash for animations or little cute things which made their simple, possible back then websites more alive. (I’ve just looked at such one site, abandoned with some trace of a resurrection attempt in 2019, and it’s gorgeous.)

        You had to know less to make your own stuff in that old Web than you have to know now.

        The Web is by its purpose a networked global hypertext system, a living library with common participation.

        That some people want to repurpose it, think they’ve been successful at it, and think others will go along with their wishes, - is sad, but should have no weight.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      My iPad has basically become a YouTube machine. There are no useful productivity features, no file manager, and no good games coming out that aren’t already on PC with mods.

      Back in 2013 I loved my iPad, but now I’m thinking of just getting a surface

    • @TelodzrumEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I don’t take a laptop with me when I travel, because the iPad is more than enough for my work needs for a few days. Working with large spreadsheets is the only thing I absolutely need a computer for.

      I have friends who are programmers and regularly work on just an iPad. As I understand it, they only need a computer for some more horsepower-hungry parts of their workflow.

      The real problem with iPads is iPadOS. It’s intentionally gimped so you need a computer for some tasks. The iPad Pro has more than enough processing power and memory for full workloads (as well it should, given the price point), the OS is the restricting factor.

    • @Matriks404English
      1•1 year ago

      What real work can even be done on any tablet that is not running desktop OS? I guess you could write stuff or edit spreadsheets, but that’s it.