Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads(teddysvoronos.com)
598 points by evanb 5 days ago | 293 comments
tl;dr: iPadOS 27 broke a key presentation workflow: when AirPlaying, tapping any app other than the presenting one now mirrors the entire iPad screen to the external display, exposing private notes, poll results, or presenter views. This affects GoodNotes, Keynote, and PowerPoint differently, but all are disruptive—Keynote exits presentations entirely, while PowerPoint enters a broken state requiring a restart. The author proposes that apps in presenter mode should retain external display precedence until explicitly stopped, and has filed feedback with Apple (FB23615646).
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Apple's design philosophy prioritizes magical simplicity over user control, causing issues like this
  • ↑iPad will never be a true professional tool because Apple refuses to give users real control
  • ↑Apple's software quality has broadly declined with recent OS releases, with many bugs beyond this one
  • ↓Software quality issues are inevitable due to hardware deadline pressures, defending Apple's tradeoffs
  • ~The real problem is closed hardware/software ecosystems, not this specific bug