>At best they'd surf the web and social media on them.
This is a major part of many people's lives. I'm sure even the proletariat you sneer at appreciate their iPads.
>I'm sure even the proletariat you sneer at appreciate their iPads.
Who said otherwise?
I wrote that for some people's use cases they are capable to be used and appreciated as tools -- which is what the parent contested.
They can be totally fine and appreciated web browsing machines for the average person, but that's a different thing that being tools (with the "productive"/"pro" element inherent in the term).
Indeed. They're better Facebook machines than a netbook or a phone, and are heavily used as such.
Given my line of work and hobbies, the iPads are very appreciated tools.
For the average soccer mom or Joe Sixpack, not so much. At best they'd surf the web and social media on them.