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elaboration:

this is the $349 β€œMagic Keyboard for iPad Pro” which

– is not actually a full-sized keyboard

– doesn’t feel all that great

– can ONLY be used with an iPad Pro

compared to a $149 β€œMagic Keyboard:”

– can be used with iPad and EVERYTHING ELSE (with Bluetooth.)

the first version of this product was unveiled alongside the first generation iPad Pro – as if Apple could not consciously sell a β€œprofessional”-ish computer without a physical keyboard.

it also symbolizes iPadOS’ split off of iOS – which took all the Bluetooth keyboard support docs with it.

so… basically, this object represents everything I have been working against this year lol.

HOWEVER… I could not honestly look my mother in the face and tell her I could come up with a more succinct keyboarding solution… especially in the midst of an already big shift (MacOS/MBP-iPad Pro as primary work machine.)