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It seems Apple figured that since I wasn’t holding my breath anymore it would resolve a metric ton of my concerns in one release. Proof of the pudding and all that but in the end this is a hugely positive sign and step for the iPad in my use case hopes. 

My biggest outstanding complaints will probably be how locked down/controlled the experience remains. It is still quite frustrating to use many apps on the iPad compared to how I use them on my Mac or other systems (I run Linux and Windows as well as macOS) and that may continue to be the case: for example iPad apps as mere containers of websites.

I feel mildly less idiotic for having decided the iPad isn’t worth it and then buying an M4 iPad Pro anyhow… 

That is an interesting design exercise. Too bad about the USB-A. I have ditched almost all of that crap connector and am virtually USB-C only… let ‘em know!

I have been an iPad fanboy since the OG announcement. I even used it for many classes of my Masters degree, checking emails, accessing PDFs, and writing papers in Pages. I have held my breath in anticipation of the iPad almost being good enough since then. I stopped holding my breath and decided to move on. Apple must have heard and has released this iPadOS with all the things… obviously, I need to actually use it to see where it still doesn’t live up to things etc but I haven’t felt this good about the iPad for quite some time! Quietly hopeful…

sflocal said:

There is no way in hell where I would use a 3rd-party system that will have my credit card# on file.  I trust Apple in keeping my info private.  That Epic Games is also Chinese-owned makes my decision even more correct.

35% Tencent. While sizeable, it’s not the largest shareholder. Tim Sweeney remains that with 41.4%. Disney and Sony are also sizeable shareholders.

Otherwise agreed. To get me to pay outside of Apple has been difficult for anyone outside of Steam and streaming.

That said, I don’t think that the margins of 30% for App Store sales is tenable. It is what the market bears because it’s pretty standard in all things but it’s a holdover from physical store days and makes little sense. Somewhere between 20 and 25% seems more reasonable.

Some of his claims have merit but the guy is an a**. There are a ton of ways that Apple can and should be brought to account but Tim Sweeney’s case was as flimsy as his cynicism is solid. May his losses accrue…