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ralphbu said:

But the Apple Developer site just sends you to the App store. Unless you're downloading the latest Beta...

You can go to the "More" section to download the .xip file directly.

So, it's cable TV all over again with regular price hikes. I appreciate the article however, as it reminded me that I hadn't yet cancelled my Hulu subscription.

I just corrected that oversight.

tmay said:

Apple has stated, over and over again, that it wasn't going to make a hybrid. 

Furthermore, nobody cares if you canceled your order for the iPad Pro, but you sure showed Apple who's boss, somehow!

The iPad "Pro" either meets needs and expectations, or it doesn't. As I and many others have stated, the iPad Pro is hamstrung by many, many, many software-based drawbacks limitations that really need to be addressed before the machine can fully realize its full potential. Adding more and more processing power without doing so basically leads us to the photo in the article. A vastly overpowered vehicle, hamstrung by its other limitations.

And they may have said that they have no interest in making a hybrid... but they've said many things over the years only to reverse their decision later on. Heck, our Macs even have arrow keys on the keyboard. Who would have thunk?

As to cancelling the order, I know of several others who've done the same. (Or returned ones they had already received.) It's been said that people should vote with their dollars. We have. And perhaps, if enough people do the same, then Apple may figure out that they need to shift directions after all.

I was so sure that Apple was going to figure out some cool way of taking the iPad Pro with M1 in a "Microsoft Surface" direction when paired with the Apple Keyboard/Trackpad that I ordered a new iPad Pro with M1 on the first day it was available.

They didn't.

I just cancelled the order.

Should Apple reconsider, so will I.

The iPad is amazing hardware... that's hobbled by requiring iPadOS for all apps, even when connected to a keyboard and trackpad.