My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things your modern iPhone still can't do! - Raymii.org

It's a valid point, and it's really silly that something like a M2-based iPad can't be used to write software it can run.

There's no excuse given that it's fast, you can add a keyboard and even a monitor to it, but you just... can't use it that way because Apple said no.

I know it's to make Apple sell more hardware, and maintain control of the ecosystem to extract their 30% rent, but I mean, you could still do that and have a full IDE on the platform.

Android phones/tablets can run editors and compilers, though, as can other non-Android Linux phones/tablets. It's really just iOS that's locked down to the point of near-uselessness.