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   Frank Reiff (frankreiff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 22:53:45 JST Frank Reiff

   In reality, FCP for iPad is just a way of keeping the idea of an iPad as a Pro creator device alive for a while longer.

   In my opinion, Apple would do better to more clearly delineate its product lines: iPad for people who need basic to medium functionality without the problems inherent with a desktop operating system, the Mac for advanced needs but with more of a learning curve.

   Currently the Mac is too dumbed down and the iPad is becoming too complicated for casual users.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 22:53:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Nick Lockwood

     @nicklockwood @frankreiff
     Touch interfaces across the board (Android too) have become a maze of gestural Easter eggs. It’s so far from the original iPhone, whose defining characteristic was its feeling of utter obviousness.

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     Nick Lockwood (nicklockwood@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 22:53:45 JST Nick Lockwood

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     @frankreiff agree. I despair of the multitasking features they've added to iPad that make it so that almost any time you pick it up you make something unexpectedly pop up from a corner or something. It's so much worse for kids and non-tech folks now, while still being a million miles from a laptop replacement for any of the work I do.