I had never heard about the Librem and PureOS, interesting.
Microsoft also famously makes tablets that run a desktop OS. I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad (hell, they even renamed it to « iPadOS » a few years back), and 30 seconds of research would make it very clear that it is indeed « restricted » in its usage.
If the goal of the author was to have full-fledged desktop experience Apple device, a MacBook Air would have been even less expensive than a tabled with a fancy $350 detachable keyboard. If the goal was a tablet with a full fledged desktop OS experience, there are a lot of options in both Windows and Linux ecosystems.
This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes.
I would argue that it is, but then we are in a typical « he said, she said » territory.
I also believe that some of the burden is on the customer when considering a purchase. Nobody ever bought a tractor and then complained it didn’t do 150 mph on the highway.
Microsoft also famously makes tablets that run a desktop OS. I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad (hell, they even renamed it to « iPadOS » a few years back), and 30 seconds of research would make it very clear that it is indeed « restricted » in its usage.
If the goal of the author was to have full-fledged desktop experience Apple device, a MacBook Air would have been even less expensive than a tabled with a fancy $350 detachable keyboard. If the goal was a tablet with a full fledged desktop OS experience, there are a lot of options in both Windows and Linux ecosystems.
This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes.