Metriacanthosaurus

davgreg said:

The worst things that ever happened to computers were the in-app purchase and subscription software.

Only to people like you that think everything should be free, or cost $9.99 once for unlimited lifetime usage and updates.

For the rest of the real world, it is the best thing that has ever happened to make the 1000-fold increase in demand for software almost profitable.

Plenty of promise? What is the justification for this?

Any objective observer could see before the launch that AppleTV+ was a complete miss. No one cares about 100% originals. Originals are meant as a supplement to a wider catalog that people are actually subscribing for. If you followed commentary on the unjustified non-stop articles published about AppleTV+ in the lead up to it, you saw how confused people were... thinking it actually did include non-original content.

And it is well known that Apple tried and failed for years to negotiate the rights to streaming subscriptions for their video store. They knew this is what people really wanted. But they failed. Instead, what we got was Apple TV Channels, with AppleTV+ being one of them. The sum total of which is: Far more expensive and far less content than what anyone was hoping for.

It is hard to say there is any "promise" here, given the history this has in getting to market.

fred1 said:

Sorry, but I’ve never understood the need for a foldable screen. Just put two screens together on a barely noticeable hinge. The same now with foldable batteries. Why not two batteries connected by something foldable?  Trying to understand. . .

Or just use one device with one screen because there is nothing wrong with it the way it is.

rogifan_new said:

Metriacanthosaurus said:

indieshack said:

Nice update but what others have said about the keyboard price.

Now everyone who claims that "proper trackpad support" was all they needed to use an iPad instead of a Mac can put up or shut up...since the total cost will exceed even that of a MacBook Air...surely price was never their real motivator...right? Right?

Apple needs to bring Xcode, Logic and Final Cut to iPadOS.

No, they don't. People need to use Macs for the most serious work, and always will.

ericthehalfbee said:

I’m very curious about that keyboard. It looks flimsy, but if it holds your iPad at any angle suspended as shown then it must have some kind of engineering in the “hinge”.

You say it "looks flimsy" (based on absolutely nothing) and then immediately point out the one thing everyone can see from a distance that indicates there is nothing flimsy about it. You're special.