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  • Apple burns early iPad Pro adopters, loyal customers with Magic Keyboard incompatibility

    If the Magic Keyboard for iPad didn’t cost $350 this wouldn’t be a big deal. But, Apple made the decision to charge $350 for a keyboard case knowing that they would be increasing the size of the iPad Pro 2021 model. They may not have finalized the design of the 2021 iPad Pro while they were designing the Magic Keyboard, but when it was released in 2020 it’s highly unlikely they didn’t know it could be an issue. By no means is Apple required to make the Magic Keyboard compatible with future iPad models. That being said, early adopters and those who upgrade their iPad annually are a big reason the Magic Keyboard was successful despite being overpriced. They’re the same people who are most likely to upgrade from a 2018/2020 iPad Pro to the 2021 model.  If the 2020 Magic Keyboard ends up not being compatible at all with the 2021 iPad Pro I expect there will be a not insignificant amount of users who are pissed. If it works fine or works and just has a small gap when closed it won’t be a big deal and Apple could have helped themselves by simply communicating this upfront. 

    I am one of the people that was willing to shell out $350 for the Magic Keyboard for my 2018 iPad Pro. I knew it was overpriced but figured it would work with at least one more generation of the iPad beyond the 2020 model. I was planning on getting the new 12.9” 2021 iPad Pro with 1TB (for the 16GB of RAM). However, paying $2k for the iPad and having to shell out another $350 for a new Magic Keyboard is too much for even me who usually doesn’t balk at Apple’s prices. Instead I’ll just keep what I have and once the 16” MBP is upgraded to the M series processor I’ll get one of those. I use my iPad primarily for 3D modeling in Shapr3D but now that Shapr has a Mac app I can just use that on a MBP and when I need to use the Apple Pencil to draw in Shapr I’ll just use sidecar.  


    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobrawilliamlondon
  • App Store graphic revives wild speculation about touchscreen Mac

    narwhal said:
    I suspect Macs will get touch screens at some point. When I read user forums discussing Mac vs. PC, the one thing PC users always bring up is "but my PC has a touch screen." Also, larger window title bars in Big Sur suggest it's happening. In government RFPs, if the spec calls for touchscreen laptops, Macs automatically lose the contract. I'm not saying I'd use it much, but since Apple already has the tech in iOS devices, why not? Besides, Apple could charge $100 more for the touch screen SKU and see how it goes.
    Only $100? That’s cute. 
    raybo[Deleted User]s.metcalfdysamoriarazorpit
  • Paramount+ with Showtime $11.99 price bump starts to hit viewers

    I bought a year subscription to commercial free Paramount+ last December for $50. Even though it’s supposed to be commercial free it isn’t all the time. Usually when I watch an episode of a popular recently released show for the first time there ends up being commercials throughout the episode. For example, episode 1 of 1923 had over a dozen commercials in it. Some of the Rabbit Hole episodes had commercials before them and I also couldn’t pause the show, skip forward/back, or stop the show and return to the same spot later. Every single time it sent me back to the beginning of the episode. The only reason I even continue to watch anything on Paramount+ is I’m a fan of all the Taylor Sheridan shows. That said, I will never pay $11.99-$14.99/mo for Paramount+. So after my promo year is up it looks like I’ll just have to use other ways to watch the shows from Paramount that I actually care about. There aren’t many so it shouldn’t be too difficult. 
    StrangeDays