Comment by zepto
4 years ago
Why did you buy it if you wanted to do sideloading?
Apple has literally written documents about why they think sideloading is a bad idea.
4 years ago
Why did you buy it if you wanted to do sideloading?
Apple has literally written documents about why they think sideloading is a bad idea.
If you look at tablet OS reviews online, a recurring theme is that the app ecosystem is more developed on iPadOS, with reviewers lamenting the Android tablet app ecosystem. I also thought that iPadOS might be a bit better privacy-wise.
As it turns out, doing things in the browser is more convenient than apps anyway (given that it's a tablet), and I underestimated the restrictiveness of the OS, but those are the things that are hard to glean from reviews. It's my first tablet in a decade, so you'll have to forgive me for not having any prior knowledge on these things.
> I underestimated the restrictiveness of the OS
This may not be something that is made clear in reviews, but it’s hard to see how someone could read HN and not see hundreds of comments about this.
I chose a product to the best of my abilities, and it turns out that it may not have been a right fit. Next time I will try another product. I don't see why that warrants such a confrontational tone and/or downvotes; nobody's perfect.
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