Investors care and no matter what dream anyone may be having about Apple executives being rebels trying to “think different” if a majority of investors don’t understand or care what your business is about your stock value will go in the toilet and the company and its products will follow quickly.
To be fair to developers, there are limitations to coding an iPad app that aren't present with a Mac app.
It’s because the iPad is not a developer friendly platform. Every developer needs to have a sense for what they are actually working on. Until the iPad can be used effectively and willingly by developers it will always get lack luster support.
I understand that and have no ill-will towards Developers. They are doing what is best for them and I would be doing the same. My point was that what has happened to the iPad isn''t Apple's fault anymore than it is Developers. The biggest problem is too many people keep expecting the iPad to be something different and complain every year when they don't get their way. I would expect such a mindset from an uninformed non-tech type consumer but, not on places like MR, where so many here are not clueless.
Many people want to use a tablet for other workflows, and many do use a tablet for workflows other than graphic artists. If you’re a developer, a Mac is likely a better fit for your workflow, though I do know some developers who use an iPad for development work. As I’ve stated before, the blame for missing features in third party apps falls squarely on the shoulders of said third-party developers. Often, these missing features have nothing to do with the OS, but poor decisions made by developers like Microsoft who artificially kneecap their apps. Luckily, some of these developers are starting to get enough feedback that they’re incorporating more features into their iPad apps. Many developers do it right, and make incredible desktop-class apps for iPadOS. Also, I have never once said iPadOS can’t improve. I’m just happy with where it is currently, that doesn’t mean it needs to stay where it is and can’t gain any extra functionality. If Apple has enough users who want a text editor app built into iPadOS, then I’m sure they’ll add it. Something tells me that will likely not happen because it’s far too niche, and it’s better to focus resources on things the majority of iPad users actually want.
No offense taken.
It’s a monitory of iPad users, or for that matter, likely a minority of Mac users as well. There are several third-party IDE apps for iPadOS like Kodex that I’ve tinkered with. Most developers I’ve seen prefer a MacBook anyways because they have larger screens, more powerful chips, and most importantly, a better built-in keyboard. App development is a niche workflow on a tablet. I don’t see a whole ton of developers flocking around the Surface Pro.
bold of you to assume developers are going to dedicate time to this, on the platform that still doesn't have an instagram app and won’t get a calculator app until the fall
No, "Price increases and additional niche models are..." not "...the typical ways to address a platform whose sales aren’t going as expected."
Well, ZBrush is, I’m guessing more will probably follow suite. We’ve seen desktop app after desktop app port over the last couple years, so I’m pretty sure that trend will continue. Also, the “iPad doesn’t have an Instagram app” argument is overrated. I don’t think macOS has a native Instagram app either. And that’s not something Apple is responsible for, that’s a decision made by the developers of Instagram, not Apple… It’s very easy to use the web app, and the iPad can natively run the iPhone version of Instagram.
Exactly. It’s interesting that some of these people pretend “the iPad is a dying product because it isn’t a Mac”, when usually the iPad outstrips the Mac in revenue percentage.
Curious. Exactly how do you suggest that "It will likely improve multitasking by removing the requirement of navigating to an app in the background..." ?? It seems to me that "the requirement of navigating to an app in the background" will always remain, even if it is automated via AI.
And none of this is relevant or makes sense. If you’re arguing by popularity or revenue percentages alone, then by your logic, the Mac would be on the chopping block as well, because it’s not as popular as the iPhone either. The iPad clearly is at least about as popular as the Mac when looking at revenue percentage, and usually accounts for a greater percentage of Apple’s revenue than Macs. Last year was a different from average likely because there was a whole year with no new iPad models, so of course sales would be expected to be lower. But looking at revenue percentages, they’re generally either very close, or the iPad is mostly outperforming. And that doesn’t account for the fact that the cheapest iPads are far cheaper than the cheapest Macs, which means that there are likely far more iPad units that ship than Mac units. Not bad for a “dying product”. And, btw, by your logic, developers will also be displaced by AI, so then there’s no need for all of these niche features that macOS includes for developers that iPadOS doesn’t. So then they’ll basically be equal for consumers, and it will be more about average software, web browsing, and the things that most people do that aren’t very different between the two currently… The fact of the matter is, this is all entirely speculative, we don’t know what AI will or won’t do to the market, so trying to assert subjective opinions about things that have yet to come to pass as if they’re objective truths is an exercise in futility, unless anyone here has a crystal ball.
My point is that a user won’t have to look through their open apps, find the file or whatever, copy it, and then paste it into the foreground process. The AI will be able to do all of these things for the user if what Apple demoed is correct. 👍🏻. This will likely streamline a users workflow, and eliminate some of the complaints people have about trying to find things in background apps and such with multitasking on iPadOS.
What you’re talking about is an iterative improvement, not a revolutionary new way to use the system. I am sure I’ll be able to pull some limited types of data from other apps to bring into what I’m doing in my current app without leaving that app using Apple Intelligence, and some amount of limited writing of data to other apps (like making a calendar event based on text in an email) without leaving the app I’m in, but that’s an iterative step, not a revolutionary change. I would not pin my hopes on the first version of Apple Intelligence dramatically changing the way we fundamentally use computers. I’m sure it will be better than Siri as it exists today, but I think there will also be plenty of limitations that we’ll run into as we try to use Apple Intelligence in a more free form way than Apple programmed it for.
Nope. Not since 2015 it hasn’t. You’re living in the past if you still believe that.
Apparently it somewhat depends on your point of view. I think most people would consider being able to just pull in files or data from background apps, or likely apps that are even closed into your foreground process based on a simple prompt rather than having to actually navigate to the file or app to get it as revolutionary to their workflow. 👍🏻
Fair enough. Let me say I would absolutely love a seismic shift in the functionality of the iPad because I love the concept of it and with the hardware built into the Pros they have the potential to be a complete laptop replacement, which I dearly want! I am simply skeptical that Apple Intelligence by itself will produce the seismic shift.
This is laughable. First you admit that shipped unit numbers are unavailable, but then you claim that iPad unit sales numbers are low. You can’t possibly know this, because the data doesn’t exist according to you. They’re supposedly “hiding” it. You’re just stating your opinions as facts…
in 2023 Apple sold 21.9 million Macs and 48.5 million iPads.
