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walterbelllast Wednesday at 4:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

Counterpoint: removing Hypervisor API from iOS 16, ostensibly to prevent iPads from cannibalizing MacBooks.


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Hamukolast Wednesday at 5:09 PM

Or MacBooks not having touch screens, or iPads being unable to run macOS / macOS apps even if you buy the $350 keyboard that gives it the same exact inputs as a MacBook, or iPads with modems being unable to place calls.

There's all sorts of limitations that seem less like thoughtful design and more like holding back the devices just that bit to make you want another device. You can't just want an iPad Pro, how will you run desktop apps? You can't just want an iPad Mini, how will you call people?

Well, at least the iPads can function as calculators now.

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saagarjhalast Wednesday at 11:06 PM

That was because they found a security bug in that code and decided to ifdef it out if it wasn’t being used.

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