I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later

Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by virtualritz on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:51PM (#22162502)

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

Any computer I grew up with C64, Amiga, Atari, PC) was like this. My friends and I swapped floppy disks with stuff we made. Code, images, music. Then came dial-up mailboxes, then the web.

> It seems like iOS is at least as close to this ideal if not better than any other platform.

iOS is probably farthest away from this, actually.

Even on Android I can share some experiment with my friends and they can, after changing a single setting on their phone, install the APK I give them. Try this on iOS ...

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by zepto on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:12PM (#22163314)

We aren’t in the 80’s anymore. Things don’t work that way.

Nobody has made a business that has succeeded by delivering APKs outside of a store, so that proves my point.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by chacha2 on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:48PM (#22164668)

Epic, Humble Bundle, Amazon and Samsung have.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by zepto on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:37PM (#22165326)

Outside of a store? What exact ‘businesses’ have been made in your examples?

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