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Tell me more about how it "doesn't hurt me" when a company uses its market dominance to bait and switch me into buying a mobile OS that abuses flagship features as an advertising platform.

I literally uninstall apps for this nonsense, or at least completely block them from sending notifications. Zero exceptions.

"You clearly don't have to like it. That's fine, of course, to each their own. But to say that it's some kind of epic betrayal, from an App that literally stores tickets"

How hard is it to understand the difference between something the user paid to see in Wallet and something that was places there against their wishes and without permission? Apple already charges plenty for its products and subscriptions. It does not need to be doing self-promotion on a device and OS people pay for, let along stoop to the level of a third party cross-promotion with Fandango.

And frankly, you should be happy for the outcry, because it means you probably won't have to deal with much more of this nonsense. Do you want ads in Notification Center?!

anonymouse said:

kiltedgreen said:

mfryd said:

However, this is not a reason to prohibit running Mac OSX on an iPad.   Users should have a choice as to which OS they run.

I have nothing against the iPad OS.   It's a great solution for many (but not all) users.   Why not allow users to choose which OS they are running?    

The iPad OS can be the default, but please allow power users to install OSX.  iPad apps already work inside of Mac OSX, so no functionality is lost.  

An iPad with an M4 processor, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Thunderbolt 3, and a Magic Keyboard Folio (Keyboard and trackpad) would make a damn fine portable Mac.

Please, just buy a MacBook if you want a “damn fine portable Mac”, it’s already here. I for one do not want my iPad running macOS - I’ll leave that to my Mac thanks.

Well, yeah, and a MacBook Air 13" with the "same config" costs $1799, while the equivalent iPad Pro 13" w/M4 + Magic Keyboard would be $2648. Does that even make sense if you want a "damn fine portable Mac"?

Who cares?

The OP's request was for the ability to run macOS on an iPad in addition to iPadOS, per the user's choice. Realistically it's never going to happen, but it's totally weird to have a bunch of random internet commenters telling them "no, you shouldn't have that choice because I don't personally need it, and by the way it would be way too expensive anyway so obviously you don't actually know what you want".

AppleInsider said:

Apple's Craig Federighi explains why iPads won't run macOS anytime soon, even as iPadOS 26 brings them closer than ever.

Indeed. What makes the iPad special. A fully capable computing device available with up to 2TB storage, 16GB RAM, and probably the single most capable mobile processor ever designed, that's locked down so you're only allowed to install apps via Apple's proprietary store where they take a 30% cut of sales and you can't even back the device up without paying for Apple's cloud storage and sync services. I can see why Apple might not be inclined to give users more choice.

I'm sure someone will jump in to tell me why this is great and I'm silly for even wanting to go outside of Apple's walled garden. But the truth is, this is more important for plenty of people than any multitasking or other capabilities Apple might add to the OS. Until we're able to break out of this box and use our own on-premises backup solutions, install our own apps, etc. the iPad is a compromised platform.

Sure, if all you want to do is stick within some specific apps, it's a uniquely capable device. But, it could and should be so much more than it is given what the hardware is actually capable.