RE: https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/115980118016878058

Fun fact, Apple tracks all downloads of apps in AltStore PAL (ostensibly to charge CTF)

Would be pretty funny if Apple watched this become one of our top apps…

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The 13" iPad Pro with all the accoutrements really does feel like an incredibly-premium device, like a high-end MacBook Pro from the future.

Of course, it costs like one, too, which is not something I want to go through again anytime soon.

But it really does need to take big strides on software, even still. Xcode, Virtualization, clamshell mode, Terminal. With iPadOS 26, it no longer feels like a 'baby Mac', perhaps now an 'adolescent Mac'. But it hasn't fully grown up yet, and it should

Apple's software is a dumpster fire, unfortunately.

https://blog.johnozbay.com/what-happened-to-apples-attention-to-detail.html

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/liquid-glass/

You can do so much with an iPad these days that it really sharply underscores the things you can't do, and apps you don't have.

Number 1 on my list is Xcode. I have all my source code synced to my iPad, all my xcodeprojs there, but I can't do a thing with them. I have as much RAM and as much storage as my desktop Mac, and a CPU that is *literally twice as fast*.

I'm not saying I need Instruments, or all the periphery parts of Apple's dev tools. But I would like to edit, build, and run my apps