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iPad Why does iPadOS not feel like true OS?
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VLC not having a feature you want is on VLC, not Apple… And you said you have no interest in Apple Music, yet keep saying other apps lack of niche functionality is somehow Apple Music’s fault… Makes no sense. Just find a software you are interested in, and use that….
Yup we end up with a platform that is unable to offer a solution to a basic problem. We can point to many makers, but the fact remains that this is yet another example of feature parity lack that breaks my usage pattern and that of many other people.
Not enough to drive me away but sure as heck super annoying.
Not enough to drive me away but sure as heck super annoying.
And it depends on your definition of a “basic problem”. Your idea of a “basic problem” seems to be a very niche functionality most people don’t seem to care about…
Your definition of niche functionality is functionality you're not interested in.
No clearly most people don’t seem to care outside of a niche subset of users… It has nothing to do with what I’m interested in, but the fact I’ve only ever seen less than 10 people even mention it, and the fact Apple Music is very successful on the iPhone…
If this were a feature that most Apple Music users wanted or really cared about, I would expect to actually see more than a handful of people requesting it, and I’m sure Apple would add it to keep people using Apple Music. I think the reality is that it’s just a very niche thing that most people aren’t that terribly interested in…
And why are you trying to prove that everyone else is wrong and you are right? What do you expect to accomplish and what is your purpose? Simply accept that other people have other means and opinions than you. There is no wrong and right here. It is as pointless as a discussion about musical taste.
You are fine with ipadOS and others aren't. It is as simple as that.
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As I said before, I don’t have anything against Apple adding such a feature, I’m just pushing back against the weird idea that the lack of one niche feature makes iPadOS not a “true OS”, or that most Apple Music users really want it, but Apple’s trying to force them to use Apple Music without it…
Thanks for another scope of the usual “if this were worth investigating they would have built it already “ MR fanboy assumptions. If all customers were like those, we’d still be waiting for copy and paste.
Exactly: you are fine with the idea that iPadOS is a true OS and others aren't. You can push back until the cows come home, because others have different uses for iPadOS than you. So again: what are you trying to accomplish? That others are wrong and only you are right?
Every OS is a “true OS”. I have nothing against people saying iPadOS doesn’t suit their needs. What I take issue with is the constant claims iPadOS doesn’t suit anyone’s needs, or that it isn’t a “true OS” when every OS is a “true OS”. There’s no special sauce that makes one OS a “true OS” and another a “fake OS”…
As to what I’m trying to accomplish, I’m trying to point out that there are many people who like iPadOS, find it to be plenty useful, and don’t worry about that specific missing feature… And the lack of one feature doesn’t make iPadOS not a “true OS” for those people, myself included…
I already told one of them I’m not saying they’re wrong for wanting that feature…
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As I read this thread, I am playing music that I had to use a Mac to sync my library of CD ripped music. I have little interest in paying monthly to listen to music that I already paid for. I don't want to bother with VLC or other awkward apps.
Apple makes access to the on-board library difficult for adding your own music to encourage you to use the Apple Music subscription.
How do you know this to be true? Do you have notes from internal meetings? Or is this just your opinion about why this is the case? This is only a rhetorical question, because the answer is obviously this is merely your opinion with zero evidence. There’s another possible explanation that is just as valid: Apple hasn’t added it yet because it isn’t a commonly requested feature, you can add your collections to your Apple Music library with a Mac or Windows PC (most iPhone users presumably have one of those two things), and so it hasn’t been a priority to implement…
I cannot think of a single pro that couldn’t use an iPad for their work instead of a MacBook, given that the iPad could be equipped with the required software capabilities, excluding workloads that cannot be handled without more computing power than the iPad offers. Can you?
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So you are saying Apple created walled garden? But than other things Apple does could be walled garden?
If you’re not an app developer, then that would be an incredibly pointless exercise… To many, using Xcode in the first place wouldn’t be “worthy of their time” because they don’t know how to use Xcode, nor care because they don’t have coding knowledge… Or they prefer something like the Code app that is native on the iPad…
It's a toy then until it supports such basic functionality. Maybe you find it useful to not use a real OS for productivity. Right now the iPad OS is only useful for consuming content. It's a time suck for anything else.
And that’s all just your opinion and nothing more. I don’t consider developing apps a “basic functionality”. And I do tinker with some coding on my iPad, for which I use the excellent Code app…. But coding is not essential to my productivity, nor many others…