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76543210 | 6 years ago

Nah Apple takes advantage of their walled off system. They know they have users and changing to an alternative is too difficult.

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braythwayt|6 years ago

It is not my experience that keyboards are part of their garden wall. I have used bluetooth keyboards with my iPads going back to the first generation of iPad Mini.

What their keyboards do offer is tighter integration. That’s not a wall, it’s more like growing enticing apples in the orchard within the garden.

Not much different than the situation with upgrades for my Volvo. The Volvo stuff is tightly integrated. OEM stuff sometimes involves compromises, like plugging things into the port and fiddling with bluetooth.

ogre_codes|6 years ago

I'm not sure what you're getting at here, bluetooth & USB keyboards all work fine. I've used aftermarket keyboards exclusively for the past... 6 or so years on the iPad.

saagarjha|6 years ago

You can use any Bluetooth keyboard with it.

jkestner|6 years ago

And I’ll bet my Bluetooth trackpad works with this now too.