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Comment by worldsavior | Hacker News Reader

They just ran out of ideas, or just looking for more ways to squeeze some money. What's wrong with an iPad??

Not made for this, doesn't have good speakers, doesn't have all the surround sound features that the airplay products have. Doesn't have multi user support. These all could be solved by improving the iPad (increasing price drastically), but why do that when you can make a specialized product that is cheaper than an iPad for those who want it, instead of charging everyone for some stuff they won't use?

Maybe the right way to think about this is more "Alexa + a screen" than "iPad that doesn't move or have a bunch of apps".

Pricing is kind of in between those right?

I just bought an iPad Pro in Canada

It was $2800 with tax and a keyboard!

Nothing wrong with iPads They are just expensive

This is $350 in Canada. Literally free compared to everything else Apple sells!

I'm just saying for these type of niche, like home tablet, you can buy a cheap iPad, you don't need any M1 iPad here.

iPads in general aren't expensive, just the Pro + keyboard.

This year I wanted a new iPad but decided against the Pro and just got the base model which is extremely affordable, IMHO.

An iPad isn’t multi-user in that way, and your home automations would break when someone takes it out of the house.

It's cheaper.

There are iPads with the same price and you get more.

No, there aren't any iPads as cheap as that, at least not new.

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