Why isn't iBooks preinstalled?

What's so "significantly important" about iBooks that it should be preinstalled on every iPad?

 

So they could be updated more rapidly.

 

iPads are tablets which are book readers

 

Um not every iPad user is a student or needs to read textbooks.

What's the big deal anyway? Why is downloading a small app like iBooks such a burden to you that you feel it should come installed on every iPad made?

Nope. Tablets are content consumption devices, which include web browsing, email, video display, audio playback, etc., as well as book readers.

 

So it's not installed. What's the big deal? Installing it takes what, 45 seconds? A minute tops?

 

While we are at it, why no calculator or weather program?

 

iBooks is at least more important than Newsstand so yeah...

 

I think Apple does this on purpose so you will connect to the App Store an begin your exploration of available apps.

Marketing at its finest.

 

These are more important to me than iBooks.

 

The correct answer is so that the apps (like iBooks) can be updated independently of the OS.

Things like Newsstand (which is not an app in the first place) and Gamecenter come with the OS because they more tightly integrated with it and need to be present to provide services to other apps.

 

Why? Because I'm asking questions that you have no good answers for?

The bottom line is, it takes very little effort and time to download the iBooks app to your iPad. Pretty conceited of you to think that just because you think it's an important app means everyone should have it on their iPad when that storage space could be used for other apps.

 

Seriously? Get over yourself. This is how this thread has progressed:

You: I think iBooks should come preinstalled because it's a significantly important app.
Me: Why is it significantly important?
You: Textbooks
Me: What's so hard or time consuming about installing iBooks on your own?
You: YOU'RE AN UNPLEASANT PERSON! *CRY*

 

Agreed, and I was actually just wondering about this yesterday. Kind of stupid that the worthless Newsstand app/folder/whatever is forever stuck on my device, but iBooks isn't there unless I go download it.

 

I agree it should be preinstalled. However, it is not a big deal to install manually.

 

I would have no problem with iBooks being preinstalled, as long as I could delete it. Unfortunately, that's usually not an option with preinstalled apps.

People complain all the time about manufacturer and carrier-installed bloatware on their mobile devices. I don't see why iBooks should be any different. It's not an essential app that needs to be permanently installed on the iPad.

 

I think it more has to do with anti trust issues. I think Microsoft got in a lot of trouble back in the day because they only preinstalled their software or something?

I think Apple is trying to do what they can to make the iPad equal opportunity in regards to ebook sales. And to keep antitrust cases from being filed.

 

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Because 3rd party apps are not allowed to emulate functions that are included with the operating system. If iBooks was included there would be no Kindle or Nook store.

 

Hmm, well, I don't know-- I'm not a lawyer, just a TV producer. But I imagine that it has to do something with that.

I was actually really surprised when then allowed the kindle and nook apps on the iPad, because they never would allow apps that replicated apple's own software. As long as apple gets their 30%, I guess they don't mind.

 

This is what I assume it's to do with.