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Re:Whose Computer Is It? by noobermin on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:20AM (#24866833)
Funny tidbit, there was a stereotypical cosmopolitan ipad ad of a young kid riding their bike through Brooklyn who uses the ipad throughout the day. At the end of the ad, a neighbor says something like "whatcha doing on your computer" to which the kid replies "what's a computer?"

It's funny because Apple's vision of the "computer" isn't really a tool for the kid but a means to control them and use them for value extraction, as we know.

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Re:Whose Computer Is It? by Angostura on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:07AM (#24867392)
> It's funny because Apple's vision of the "computer" isn't really a tool for the kid but a means to control them and use them for value extraction, as we know.

Really? My kid uses their iPad for content creation and whatnot and as far as I can tell they aren't controlled in particular. The only value that is extracted is that from my wallet for additional apps.

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