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behnamoh on Sept 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone Air

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 on Sept 9, 2025 | [–]

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 on Sept 10, 2025 | [–]

> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad

Yes, that's correct.

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