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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Tyrone   
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   25 Sep 25 22:03:57   
   
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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:56:09 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
      
   > Only 15 years after Apple did it. Mac, iPad and iPhone. All running the   
   > same OS and the same apps, but each with a UI tailored to the screen   
   > size.   
      
   Only they don’t “run the same OS and the same apps”, do they? They may   
   have started out sharing a common code base, but that diverged long ago.   
      
   Can you run macOS apps on your Ipad or Iphone? No. The latter platforms   
   are tightly controlled through Apple’s App Store, the former is not.   
      
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