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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by paulcole on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:47AM (#13922117)
>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.

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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by coldtea on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:51PM (#13923965)
>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).

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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by throwanem on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:53AM (#13922176)
Indeed. They're better Facebook machines than a netbook or a phone, and are heavily used as such.
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