Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: …
Apple 2019: AirPlay to my TV this content Linux 2000: …
Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: …
Can we stop being ridiculous now or do I have to keep lowering myslef to the stupidity of the writer of this?
Basically -- don't assume the person is stupid, figure out a way to interpret it better.
Surely the author is aware of the inaccuracies in a direct comparison. The author is implicitly pointing out that a multi-billion dollar corporation is putting out a product that is not polished in several ways, while people who love the product do mental gymnastics to defend against any flaw rather than admitting that such flaws exist.
It's like the people on Reddit ios/apple/mac subs who run iOS 13 or Catalina betas and claim they haven't experienced a single bug. I don't understand that mentality. One, you're defending a corporation. Two, even if they make your favorite devices/software, it's OK to say something negative.
When was VNC first released? Sure, wasn't available on iPad .. because iPad was not available yet.
>Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: …
You keep repeating that word, wirelessly. Are you trying to make a point that rsync over ethernet does not count?
This all sounds like a bunch of buzzwords and proprietary gimmicks when standard solution was already available. That standard solution may needed some work, but the basic functionality was there.
The amount of hate Apple gets is so much larger compared to Microsoft, Google, Linux, or any big tech. It might even me more than the others combined.
Because some of those other companies are paying for it:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Samsung+paid+students+for+re...