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humanaftera11 said:

The iPad is a great device for people who don’t have an understanding of desktop operating systems

That is my sense too...

That and the stylus and touch functionality seem a more intuitive and visceral experience rather than the more technical keyboard, mouse and macOS...

Has iPad become 'the computer for the rest of us'...? 

... I keep asking where the line is to be drawn between free speech, 'alternate' facts and demonstrable lies ...?

Also is it important to keep in mind that any 'vote' from users depends on who shows up, in a widely noted surveillance based online environment ...?

Does meaningful collective action benefit from respectful civil discourse and vigorous fact rather than belief based debate...?

lkrupp said:

Tech blogs always hate the bean counters but without counting the beans businesses usually fail eventually. Hate Tim Cook if you want, go right ahead and hate him. Hate Elon Musk if you want, go right ahead and hate him.

So is Tim Cook a 'bean counter'...?  It used to seem such was discussed as an essential and supporting role in the design leadership of Apple in a kind of triumvirate alongside Steve Jobs and Jony Ive, with design and customer experience as guiding priorities...

Is the bigger challenge when things become unbalanced...?  

The monetization of all things Apple has arguably been a remarkable quantifiable success, for what that may be worth, and in isolation, and at what 'cost'...

Did (or should) Apple ever try and find a replacement for and (re) balance the roles that made Apple such a design success...?

... should we be contemplating iCloud servers as well ...?

.. .I always understood turntable vibration isolation (esp from speakers) as a fundamental design principle ...?