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a hawkins said:

Pascalxx said:

I don’t understand the merit of having native apps for many of these when they run just as well in a browser, especially the streaming services and the Google apps.

Me too. We’re now saturated with apps. Can’t see any reason why we want a Facebook or Twitter app on Mac. (Unless they offer pro functionality like TweetDeck.)

I’m with Rob53 on this one. While the browser now has the capacity to be everything we want it to be, there is no layer of protection. To me, having an app provides that protection. Now I am in no way a computer scientist, but when I think of cookies and their multiple uses and how a website can limit what I see until I accept their use of cookies, apps become more important to me. It is highly unlikely that any person could possibly know how every website they access uses cookies. But when accessing an app, I at least know that they must follow the protocols put in place by apple and the App Store. I may be a bit naive here, so if anyone can shed more light on my thinking I would be grateful. 

ihatescreennames said:

When is Mark going to make an announcement about how Luxottica is so big it has unfair market advantages and should be looked into?

Seconded!

bsnjon said:

Samsung has actually picked a smart strategy here. They limit reliance on partners like Goldman Sachs, and not being a credit card means there are more potential users in future.

How does Apple Cash play into all of this? Would that not be something similar? I don’t live in the states so I am not sure about how it works, but I am thinking it is similar to this strategy. Can anyone with experience verify this?

KITA said:

With iPadOS and Android, neither of these are an ideal portable workstation.

Similar to the Surface Go 2 article (https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/comment/3238354), this article has also done very little to touch upon the actual use cases and ecosystem these devices offer.

At the end of the day, if you want a solid tablet for media consumption and very light workloads, get the iPad Pro.

If you want a tablet device for productivity in this size and form factor, get a Surface Go 2.

Don't get a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6.

Not sure what you consider ‘very light’ workloads. I am a high school teacher and Masters student that has been using the original 12.9” iPad Pro for my teaching and research/writing needs for the past 4.5 years. It is the only computer that I use at home. My division provides me with a Dell (now 5 years old) and it feels to be at least 2x slower than my iPad. The only area that the desktop wins out is in screen real-estate, but that has been addressed with the USB-C models. Now, it does all depend on what one considers a light workload, but I use Word, Teams, OneNote, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, PDF Pro, Whiteboard, Explain EDU, SimpleMind+, and a slew of others multiple times a week and at a time. And now with remote learning, I am having to convert my Explain EDU’s into MP4’s which my iPad handles pretty decently for being 4.5 years old. IMO, I am not using this device lightly. 

lordjohnwhorfin said:

Great, now I have to stop using Giphy too. Is there a non-facebook equivalent?

I was just writing the same thing. Arrrrgh.