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0 pointsrstat17mo ago0 comments

>>All three are more generic computers than any Apple mobile device and are purely walled gardens where we can't run whatever we want.

No they aren't. Game consoles are designed for a singular purpose. Apple's mobile devices are not singular purpose. I guess their watch might be? but that's the closest you'd get IMO.

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legostormtroopr7mo ago

The Xbox, Switch and PS5 play games, but they all allow you to install apps, stream movies, buy movies, stream audio and join fitness classes.

They also have chat apps and you can stream your own games to places like twitch for others to watch. And through simple steps they all have browsers you can load web pages on.

If a mobile phone is a computer, a game console is a computer.

nozzlegear7mo ago

Before I bought our first Apple TV, my Xbox One was dutifully fulfilling its role as our household's primary YouTube and Netflix streaming machine. It wasn't playing video games at all.

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burnerthrow0086mo ago

So if Apple limited what you can do with an iPhone even more, then you’d be ok with the walled garden?

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0 pointsrstat17mo ago0 comments

>>All three are more generic computers than any Apple mobile device and are purely walled gardens where we can't run whatever we want.

No they aren't. Game consoles are designed for a singular purpose. Apple's mobile devices are not singular purpose. I guess their watch might be? but that's the closest you'd get IMO.

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legostormtroopr7mo ago

The Xbox, Switch and PS5 play games, but they all allow you to install apps, stream movies, buy movies, stream audio and join fitness classes.

They also have chat apps and you can stream your own games to places like twitch for others to watch. And through simple steps they all have browsers you can load web pages on.

If a mobile phone is a computer, a game console is a computer.

nozzlegear7mo ago

Before I bought our first Apple TV, my Xbox One was dutifully fulfilling its role as our household's primary YouTube and Netflix streaming machine. It wasn't playing video games at all.

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burnerthrow0086mo ago

So if Apple limited what you can do with an iPhone even more, then you’d be ok with the walled garden?

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