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Am the only person who finds it completely ridiculous that not even APPLE can launch the iPad version of this app at the same time as their iOS one?

I launch it on my iPad (which is hooked to my external dac/amp setup via usb-c) and I see.. This: https://imgur.com/a/cAX0zZA

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They are being pretty agile and releasing something for iOS and will iterate to release a custom iPad version later, relying on the fallback mechanism that has existed for years for app scaling. Why does this upset you so much? Just because they are big doesn't mean they have to do everything all at once, all the time. They are dog-fooding their own multi-device app tech. I think it's great.

I mean I'm not really upset or anything -- I will live with it of course.

I only mentioned it as.. Well. Don't you find a crappy experience from a company that obsessives so much over user experience a little surprising?

You'd have thought if anyone could nail an iDevice software release it would be Apple..

I agree, this is another indication that the app may say Apple but it’s really not developed inside Apple. Steve Jobs would have fired someone in 2023 if he saw a tiny screen on his gigantic iPad. If they’re okay with doing this then why isn’t there a phone-sized calculator available to install on iPad?

I played around with the app a bit and so far it seems great.

So it's pretty disappointing I can't use it on my Mac where I'd most want it, cause I'm most likely to listen to classical music while working.

I’m still upset every time I run into a iPhone-only interface on iPad, but my anger level has gone down somewhat now that I’ve started using Stage Manager more.

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