Now that there are plenty of Chinese tablets that are excellent for the primary use case (media consumption) at a very good price for the hardware quality, iPad

Now that there are plenty of Chinese tablets that are excellent for the primary use case (media consumption) at a very good price for the hardware quality, iPads are definitely overpriced. And the "Pro" lineup fails to be a true laptop replacement. People buy them for the “cachet” or out of habit, but I think the situation is much worse than people think. The built-in obsolescence via software deprecation is also starting to bite them in the ass. If you cannot expect the tablet to last more than 6 years, there isn't much reason to buy Apple, considering competitors quality/performance is more than enough.