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behnamoh
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iPad still _is_ pretty useless, unless you opt for the "pro" models which let you do some productivity work on them. otherwise it's just suitable for
consuming
content.
2OEH8eoCRo0
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Not useless for what feels like every child in the US under age 12
olyjohn
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Useful for shutting them up and feeding them addictive trash media you mean.
2OEH8eoCRo0
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Yes
behnamoh
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Children in the US under age 12 don't do productivity work on the iPad. Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad as a kids toy.
r0fl
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So a product that sells 500,000,000 units is not successful because the previous CEO who died 14 years ago would want it to not be a toy?
Got it.
jermberj
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> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad
Yes, that's correct.
titanomachy
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Turns out that people
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sys_64738
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I've been using the iPad OS 26 betas and it does dramatically improve the viability of the iPad 9 I have.
jimbokun
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Well we can have LLMs do all the work so consuming content is the only role left for us.
oblio
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I guess you missed that people around the world watch TV for 2+ hours a day :-)
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