Your phone is an entire computer

5 Prevalent Themes

1. Market demand vs. cannibalization fears

"Anyone have a theory why Apple hasn't done this yet? They release an 'iBook' which is basically a wired or even wireless lapdock for your iPhone running OSX in a partition." – bottlepalm

2. Profit‑driven locked‑down ecosystem

"The more locked down, the less in control we are, the higher margins they command." – MrWiffles

3. Technical feasibility hinges on revenue potential

"The iPhone portion of Apple's business generates around $144 B in YoY revenue… A $1 B revenue opportunity would have been implemented." – alephnerd

4. Antitrust & bootloader lock‑down as defensive strategy

"The anti‑trust risk? lol" – bottlepalm

5. Prior convergence attempts prove viability, but Apple stays out > "Samsung DEX isn’t far off from this, it's just that you're limited to Android instead of Linux, macOS etc." – xp84