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Comment by ninju

6 days ago

Apple has different OSs for different usecases

1) iOS for phones 2) iPadOS for tablets 3) MacOS for computers

Google attempt to use one OS (Android) for both phones and tablets will result an unwieldy API for developers and confusing experience for users.

Rather than trying to build 'one size fits' solution they should aim for 'right tool for the job' strategy

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lxgr  6 days ago

iOS and iPadOS are really the same OS under a different marketing label. If you look only at APIs, the overlap even with macOS is very large and getting larger every year.

Chrome OS and Android are much farther apart, both in terms of API (web apps and Android are very different; iOS apps can run unmodified on newer Macs, for example) and OS implementation.

mort96  6 days ago

Hm, "will result in"? Android has been an OS for both phones and tablets for decades, most non-iPad tablets already run Android

  • staticman2  5 days ago

    The first android tablet launched in 2010, so it certainly hasn't been a tablet OS for decades.

blackeyeblitzar  6 days ago

I have a feeling this is less about the design of OSs or APIs and more about how they respond to regulatory pressure to spin off Chrome into a separate business. They may be rebranding parts of the Chrome ecosystem so they aren’t forced to get rid of it.