Loading a new calculator app is just a one-time complexity, so it’s not that much more convenient or simpler to have one included. Yes, that was an essential piece of computer functionality as late as the late 80s (well, Macs dropped BASIC before that, but they still had HyperCard and AppleScript to support DIY consumer programming, with PCs retaining support for it up to the Windows era ), but it is at best tangential to what most people use computers for today. I dunno, it feels a little like complaining that the iPad doesn’t have an included BASIC interpreter. I’d imagine most people using iPads for social media, reading, video, maybe even basic productivity don’t even miss having a calculator. But, even as a programmer, I don’t need to use a calculator every day. Would it be simpler and more convenient for Apple to include one? Well yeah, on some level, I suppose it would be. Sure, it’s a computer, but I imagine very few people even realize their computer has a calculator (or that calculations are the derivation of the word “computer”). I don’t use the calculator on my phone (instead, I use PCalc), because it’s too basic for my needs. PCalc, PocketCAS, or something like that. Click to expand.I just don’t see a calculator as an essential daily app for me, and, if it were, I’d likely need an upgraded one anyway.
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