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0 pointsbenoau2mo ago0 comments

> I think there’s just a kind of techie who desperately wishes they could do everything on an iPad

I think if the hardware differences really mattered Sidecar wouldn't exist, Mac wouldn't run iOS apps, iPhone wouldn't stream to Mac, and the AVP wouldn't stream/run apps from both platforms.

Would those devices be better if their software was strictly siloed from each other?

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troupo2mo ago· 2 in thread

> Would those devices be better if their software was strictly siloed from each other?

Yes, yes they would. You would get software actually designed to fully exploit the capabilities of the device. And not, for example, shitty lazy port of mobile apps to MacOS

benoauOP2mo ago

> You would get software actually designed to fully exploit the capabilities of the device.

Or you would just have a void where that hypothetical software could be, and this is what actually happened to the iPad (and AVP).

troupo2mo ago

iPad could run iOS software since forever. Did it help iPad?

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