This, plus the effect the second hand market has. You can pick up older-gen iPad Air's for $180. The top brand tablets (e.g. Apple) will keep their performance

This, plus the effect the second hand market has. You can pick up older-gen iPad Air's for $180. The top brand tablets (e.g. Apple) will keep their performance really well. They don't struggle from laptop's getting filled with crap and slowing down, which used to happen for most computer users, or struggled to keep battery life as much as many laptops. And they never struggled with the phone upgrade path of 2 years due to a better camera, new battery and fashion. The second hand market allows you to pick up pretty cheap tablets which are useful for all intents and purposes of most people owning a tablet. (bigger-than-phone consumption device of netflix, news, magazines, books and a spotify remote).