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by croo 683 days ago
> decision was entirely down to cost

> Whole family uses Apple products

I cannot prove it but I feel a contradiction
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theshrike79 683 days ago
As an anecdote, my kid is in their pre-teens. They're on their second iPad - got the first one at around age 1-2.

I think that's a pretty nice TCO right there.

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nsteel 683 days ago
> got the first one at around age 1-2.

That's brave. I've never owned an iPad, are they are they a lot more resilient to being dropped than I think? My 2yo drops what they're playing with about 4 times per minute. I've settled for a yoto player which I don't let them pick up!

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theshrike79 683 days ago
They've been pretty well coordinated, never dropped tablets and zero broken phones.

Meanwhile I see kids at similar ages going around with phones that have screens that are just a complete mush of broken glass. Dunno why.

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lazyasciiart 683 days ago
> At that point we had Apple Music for "free"

The cost decision is "given we have purchased x, which service costs more?"

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