I would never have bought one before but nowadays it could actually be useful. You could have Codex or Claude Code in your pocket, and every ~15min check the work and write a new prompt. Tablets are too big (for me) to constantly carry around for this, and phones annoyingly small for that use.
because we want larger screens
what? why? they're already bigger than one hand -- way too big! Get a computer
Why get a computer if you just want to read or watch videos?
youtube with ublock origin is a game changer.
Or you can pull up VLC and peruse your collection of locally-stored content
On Android you can just patch and recompile the native youtube app on your phone to disable ads with ReVanced.
It caters to a very specific target group: voice calls[1] and looking at a lot of information at once[2].
[1]: Mediocre folded experience doesn't bother them
[2]: Think calendars and whatever else middle managers look at