People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones

I wish the iPad went back to being more iOS-like: something like multiple Safari windows, each with their own collection of tabs, is something I wish I could disable (both for myself, and for some of the seniors I'm tech support for).

I have iDevices because I want simplicity and single-task-ness; I have Macs for multi-tasking.

If Apple needs to satisfy both single- and multi-tasking iDevices users, there should be some kind of mode toggle.

Turn off windowed apps on your iPad

https://support.apple.com/en-us/123635

You can disable or not use these features.

Like gyomu said below, iPadOS Windows Apps is optional and opt-in. The default is full screen:

https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/work-with-multiple-wind...

Select "Full Screen Apps".

And you do not have to use Tab Groups.

iPad User Guide link: https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/organize-your-tabs-with...

Unsarcastically speaking, I've been using these OSes for 2 decades plus but I still read through each OS's respective User Guides and still learn a ton every release.

iPad User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/welcome/ipados

iPhone User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/welcome/ios

Mac User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/welcome/mac

Isn’t your mode toggle just turning StageManager in or off?

> https://support.apple.com/en-us/123635

TIL.