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Re: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any

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On 2016-07-30 17:10:08 +0000, Rich said:
> 
> I saw this blog post.  While generally the author is correct, I suspect
> he may have missed another explanation for the difference in "file
> handling" by iOS.
> 
> That being that we (as in Apple) could not figure out a way to allow
> these types of interactions on a 2 inch by 4 inch screen where the only
> input was a finger touch.
> 
> So instead, we "redefined the world" to meet the limitations of our
> device.

I'd generally be sympathetic to your argument if it weren't for 
Android, which instead did what Apple was "unable" to do - and that 
says to me that Apple was rather unwilling to do it.  Case in point:
	* you can plug an Android device into a computer and it shows up as 
file storage, and you can use Apple finder or Windows Explorer or 
whatever to add and subtract files.  I've used this to add music and a 
movie or two to my tablet before a long flight.

	* you can download several good file managers for Android.  I use one 
that is very innovative (offers summaries of file storage usage, etc.)


Apple again assumed that its users are not savvy enough to handle this 
kind of thin; that they prefer to simply stream music from the cloud 
rather than onload and offload files to ther device, and prefer to 
download/upload to Dropbox (thereby paying for Dropbox to manage 
backups etc.) rather than manage files directly themselves via exposure 
to and knowledge of the file system.

It may have been a push of the traditional sort, but to a lot of us it 
seems like a limitation.

Remember when Windows File Explorer was all the rage because users 
weren't savvy enough to manipulate files using cp, dir, and mv, and the 
like?  Now cloud storage is all the rage because users aren't savvy 
enough to use File Explorer.  Progress!

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normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-07-30 16:14 +0000
  Re: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-07-30 17:10 +0000
    MS (Was: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-07-30 17:38 +0000
    Re: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-07-30 14:15 -0400
      Re: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2016-07-30 21:58 +0200
  Re: normal people need file storage and iOS doesn't give any Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-07-31 10:16 +0000

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