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You clearly haven’t tried it. My kids still use an 11 year old gen four iPad every day. It’s absolutely incredible for the $500 or so that we paid for it. We’ve

by D13Fd 4y ago

You clearly haven’t tried it. My kids still use an 11 year old gen four iPad every day. It’s absolutely incredible for the $500 or so that we paid for it. We’ve gotten 11 years of entertainment out of it. The old apps still install just fine and we’ve never had to make any effort to maintain it, or fiddle with operating systems or software or anything. It’s hard to imagine a better value from a device like this, especially when you take into account the amount of time you would have to spend managing something that had more software freedom to it.

anonymousiam 4y ago
I've tried it with the two iPad2 devices that I still have. Here are a few things that you cannot do: 1) Anything that requires MFA via Apple. 2) Full backup/restore will not restore old versions of the apps. New versions are either unavailable or don't work. 3) Any popular streaming service such as Netflix/Amazon Prime/AppleTV.
- scarface74 4y ago
  1. If it requires you to enter a code from another device on an older iPad, it tells you to enter your password + MFA code in the password field. 2. You can manually go in and download “the last compatible version” 3. Netflix is usually good about supporting old devices. Amazon disabled an older auth protocol. Apple TV+ videos can be accessed via the web (tv.apple.com). While Safari seems to always redirect you to the app, Chrome for iOS doesn’t.
  - anonymousiam 4y ago
    1.) The iPad 2 only accepts four digit codes, but Apple is now using more digits. 2.) This doesn't work when the app has been removed from the app store. As an aside, I threw away my 1st gen Apple TV over a year ago because Apple bricked it. It needed MFA to sign in (because it timed out?) and only accepted four digits.
eviks 4y ago
It seems the other way around: you haven't tried it for the regular use, only as an entertainment platform for kids No, old apps don't work just fine, for example, one of the most popular messaging apps in the world drops support for old devices

by D13Fd 4y ago

anonymousiam 4y ago

I've tried it with the two iPad2 devices that I still have. Here are a few things that you cannot do: 1) Anything that requires MFA via Apple. 2) Full backup/restore will not restore old versions of the apps. New versions are either unavailable or don't work. 3) Any popular streaming service such as Netflix/Amazon Prime/AppleTV.

scarface74 4y ago
1. If it requires you to enter a code from another device on an older iPad, it tells you to enter your password + MFA code in the password field. 2. You can manually go in and download “the last compatible version” 3. Netflix is usually good about supporting old devices. Amazon disabled an older auth protocol. Apple TV+ videos can be accessed via the web (tv.apple.com). While Safari seems to always redirect you to the app, Chrome for iOS doesn’t.
- anonymousiam 4y ago
  1.) The iPad 2 only accepts four digit codes, but Apple is now using more digits. 2.) This doesn't work when the app has been removed from the app store. As an aside, I threw away my 1st gen Apple TV over a year ago because Apple bricked it. It needed MFA to sign in (because it timed out?) and only accepted four digits.

eviks 4y ago

It seems the other way around: you haven't tried it for the regular use, only as an entertainment platform for kids No, old apps don't work just fine, for example, one of the most popular messaging apps in the world drops support for old devices