How to refurbish the software on an iPad Mini? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by dragonfucker@lemmy.nz to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Drag has an old iPad Mini that stopped working. There's nothing physically wrong with it. The screen is fine, the battery is fine, the processor is old, but fit for purpose. Apple simply refuses to allow browser updates. It's not like drag needs the latest and greatest, drag only uses it to browse deviantart and furaffinity. As recently as a year ago it worked perfectly. But these websites no longer serve content properly to old browser versions, so drag needs a way to bypass apple and update the browser.

Drag's tried Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and even Brave. But apparently all browsers on iOS are just reskins of Safari, so none of these worked.

Is there some way drag could maybe install an Android distribution on the iPad? Or get a proper browser on this machine? Drag despises e-waste and also is broke. It's not a must-have, drag has a perfectly good phone and PC. But the larger screen size is good for image browsing, and hacking this machine to fix it would be a nice middle finger to Apple's planned obsolescence.

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

3rd person reference is annoying. No alternate software. Try a remote access solution and using the browser from a different machine.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -1 points 5 months ago

How does drag do remote access from an Apple device?

[-] TransfemGhostface@lemmy.nz -3 points 5 months ago

Dragon Rider wasn’t speaking in third person, that’s just drag’s pronouns. I have no idea why you thought questioning a user about drag’s pronoun choice is at all relevant to this post about technology

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I wish there was a single generic pronoun, gender neutral. I don't agree with chosen pronouns. Language is standardized for a reason.

[-] TransfemGhostface@lemmy.nz -2 points 5 months ago

Why is misgendering others so important to your wellbeing?

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It is not. It's precisely because I don't wish to disrespect others that I wish there was an acceptable way to address others in a way where I couldn't inadvertently call someone something they don't want if I'm not aware of their preference. That's why I advocate for respectful, neutral pronouns. I'm fine if we do away with him/her, whatever. Replace it with whatever. Thou? Ot, Om, OS? I don't know. I wish for a way for people to be them, not labels. I believe that the way to equality is making gender a non issue.

[-] TransfemGhostface@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And now you’re lying. In the comment I responded to, you said you don’t agree with chosen pronouns. That’s you selfishly deciding that you don’t respect the gender presentation of transgender and non-binary people because… why? It’s more convenient for you? You’re too lazy to ask others simple questions?

Not antagonizing complete strangers for no reason and stopping behaviors of yours that other people tell you to stop doing because it makes them uncomfortable are things your parents should have taught you to do when you were little.

[-] ravahn2020@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago

What do the pronouns have to do with anything?

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Personal pronouns of any sort are fine. 3rd person pronouns are grammatically awkward and confusing to the reader when substituted for 1st person/personal pronouns. We aren’t talking about a 3rd party, we’re talking about you.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -4 points 5 months ago

Drag's pronouns are person-independent, which means when drag uses them, they're first person pronouns.

[-] ElJefe@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fucking dumb. That’s not how language works. Grow up.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online -1 points 4 months ago

Language is a figment of ones imagination and linguistics behave based on popular opinion, it doesn't 'work' but it's shaped based on popular culture and common beliefs, and every rule now created or represented to give proper outlines to the language aren't always correct and only serve to help outsiders and other linguists establish connections by using similarities of the rules between other languages rather than it's own which is a fickle construct that always changes and can be seen actively changing in every country language or culture

Rant over