I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later

Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by chacha2 on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:20PM (#22162183)

> If you want to live in the fair world where you get to keep (or give away) the stuff you buy, the iPad isn't for you.

> Seems like this is garbage.

They're called files.

> This is a weird and naively idealistic statement. On what platform has this now, or ever been true?

The web. Desktop software.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by zepto on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:10PM (#22163304)

You can’t be serious about the web or desktop software.

In both cases you are dealing with search engines, and VCs distorting the landscape, not to mention Google Safe browsing, etc.

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