Why would Apple not allow torrent apps?
one major reason is because torrenting on a battery-powered device is incredibly stupid. another is that there is no demand for it, largely
because it's stupid.
The reality is that there are
lots of torrents that are not illegal or unsafe and torrents are a good
way to download large files. Apple doesn't prevent torrent apps on MacOS.
the reality is that almost everything that's torrented is pirated and
what's left is of little to no use on an ipad (e.g., linux distros).
there are much better ways to download the mythical 'large files' you
claim to want to download. for example, there this site called netflix
for movies. perhaps you've heard of it.
this is nothing more than yet another fabricated setup to both troll
and justify yet another bogus entry in your bogus list of bullshit 'features', nearly all of which have been debunked many times over, all
the while you ignore the numerous things that ios can do that can't be
done on other platforms because that doesn't fit your narrative and
desire to troll.
I wanted to download a torrent onto my iPad and was surprised to not
find any torrent downloading apps available for iPhone or iPad on the
Apple App store. I've used torrents on my Android, Windows, and Linux
devices for many years, and there are also torrent clients for MacOS.
It appears that I have three choices: 1) Jailbreak and use an app like iTorrent from Cydia <https://github.com/XITRIX/iTorrent>, 2) use a cloud client like zbigz.com, or download the torrent on a computer or Android device then transfer it to the iPad. What a hassle! I don't want to jailbreak, the cloud clients have a lot of restrictions for the free
version (and the premium version has a high monthly cost), and it's
rather a pain to be transferring large files onto the iPad after
downloading them onto a different platform.
Why would Apple not allow torrent apps? The reality is that there are
lots of torrents that are not illegal or unsafe and torrents are a good
way to download large files. Apple doesn't prevent torrent apps on MacOS.
This restriction is really annoying.
You can compile and build a torrent client and put it on your own
devices, but I assume that is "too hard" for you too.
Of all the lame excuses, complaining that because a device can be
operated from its internal battery that torrents should not be allowed,
is one of the lamest.
Of all the lame excuses, complaining that because a device can be
operated from its internal battery that torrents should not be allowed,
is one of the lamest.
there's nothing lame about it. the simple fact is that torrenting on
mobile devices is stupid and because of that, it's not something in
high demand.
nospam wrote:
The lack of torrent apps is one of the strangest app prohibitions.
no it isn't.
Torrent apps are just one of many app functionalities impossible on iOS.
What about the lack of iOS graphical wifi signal strength debuggers nospam?
*Why is it _only_ iOS that lacks _many_ fundamental app capabilities?*
What's _different_ about iOS?
I added this to the document as #164a on page 70.
<https://tinyurl.com/iOS-Android-Features>.
This web site <https://igeeksradar.com/download-torrents-ios-without-jailbreak/>
details some workarounds for the iPhone and iPad. The article is nearly
two years old so some of the details may have changed.
"As compared to iOS, Android users are lucky as they have got uTorrent
and Bit Torrent clients available in Play Store that allow Android users
to download torrents on their smartphones without having to root their devices. However, by the end of this post, even iOS users will be able
to download torrents directly on their iPhone without jailbreak using
any one of the various methods listed below."
sms wrote:
Of all the lame excuses, complaining that because a device can be
operated from its internal battery that torrents should not be
allowed, is one of the lamest.
The problem here is _bigger_ than the lack of torrent apps on iOS.
The fact is that _many_ app functionalities are _impossible_ on iOS.
And yet, they're on _all_ the other four common consumer operating systems.
The _adult_ question to ponder is what the reason is for that obvious fact! Bear in mind the answer is _not_ that the hardware can't do it.
The answer is something else. It's not hardware though.
nospam wrote:
Of all the lame excuses, complaining that because a device can be
operated from its internal battery that torrents should not be
allowed, is one of the lamest.
there's nothing lame about it. the simple fact is that torrenting on
mobile devices is stupid and because of that, it's not something in
high demand.
If we skip torrenting and move to something else, what's your _new_ excuse for why iOS is crippled such that _many_ app functionalities are impossible and yet, they're on _all_ the other four common consumer operating systems?
Why, for example, are graphical wifi signal strength debuggers _not_ on
iOS, and yet, every other common consumer platform has them in quantity?
Are you now going to claim that debugging wifi on mobile devices is stupid?
Why, for example, are graphical wifi signal strength debuggers _not_ on
iOS,
Are you now going to claim that debugging wifi on mobile devices is stupid?
The fact is that _many_ app functionalities are _impossible_ on iOS.
Really?
Such as?
Are they impossible...
...or is it just that no one has wanted to provide them?
The lack of torrent apps is one of the strangest app prohibitions.
no it isn't.
or that he lacks the intelligence to figure out how? after all, it does
take a few seconds with a search engine.
or maybe it's because he ignores detailed instructions how to do what
he claims to want to do so that he can rant.
Why, for example, are graphical wifi signal strength debuggers _not_ on
iOS,
because there's insufficient demand to bother.
writing it is fairly straightforward, which has been explained to you already. once again, there are numerous graphing frameworks that could
be used, just feed it the appropriate data source.
Are you now going to claim that debugging wifi on mobile devices is stupid?
it is when wifi base stations can do it automatically, and do a much
better job than humans can.
Besides benchmarks aren't only dependent on processor clock speed and the
benchmarks can be fibbed and they don't usually even reflect actual use.
samsung has been caught fibbing multiple times.
nospam wrote:
Besides benchmarks aren't only dependent on processor clock speed and
the
benchmarks can be fibbed and they don't usually even reflect actual use.
samsung has been caught fibbing multiple times.
If a CPU has to be throttled in about a year, then the benchmark on day 1
is meaningless in terms of what the average user will get in about a year.
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
On 03/05/2022 20:12, Alan wrote:
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
Keep only the iOS version level low and that iOS never throttles the CPU.
Regards,
Martin Brown
If a CPU has to be throttled in about a year, then the benchmark on day 1 is meaningless in terms of what the average user will get in about a year.
The key word there is "if".
The CPU does NOT have to be throttle in a year.
The CPU was only throttled when the battery was low and not throttling
it would have led to the device shutting down.
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
Keep only the iOS version level low and that iOS never throttles the CPU. >>>
And then the phone suddenly and unexpectedly dies...
and then the lawsuits happen, as it did with many android phones, which
had the *same* *battery* *issue* and sudden shutdowns, because nobody,
not even apple, can escape the laws of physics.
nospam wrote:
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
Keep only the iOS version level low and that iOS never throttles the
CPU.
And then the phone suddenly and unexpectedly dies...
and then the lawsuits happen, as it did with many android phones, which
had the *same* *battery* *issue* and sudden shutdowns, because nobody,
not even apple, can escape the laws of physics.
Tell us nospam, which operating system was _purposefully_ throttled with
the next OS release such that a _criminal_ conviction resulted, nospam.
Other than iOS of course.
On 03/05/2022 20:12, Alan wrote:
Keep the battery level high and iOS never throttled the CPU.
Keep only the iOS version level low and that iOS never throttles the CPU.
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