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Gaming as the universe intended (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 37 points 4 days ago (7 children)

iPads are content consumption devices. Full stop.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

    They are extremely powerful for creative things too? I have a relatively new pro iPad and it doesn't have any social media on it, just like 30 apps for art, CAD work/lidar scanning, remote music apps for production/djing, and actual music creation apps. Pretty sure you can also get a terminal and remote desktop apps if you need. The case also has a keyboard and touchpad.

    I won't argue that most people are just using their iPads for tiktok and Instagram, but that definitely isn't close to what an iPad does best.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    True. But this is a rarefied use case that doesn’t apply to 99% of teenage iPad users, at least in my pedagogical experience. Keep in mind the average ACT score for college-bound seniors in Florida is 18. Meaning these kids literally can’t even read. They’re not using iPads for anything resembling creativity.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    A lot of things can be good, in the right application, but can also be very harmful when used wrong. In this case, the bad application is the default. Fentanyl is a wonderful drug for the medical industry, but it's still incredibly harmful on the street (partially because it's illegal, so people don't know what they're getting).

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  • [+] -8 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    The iPad does not make the kid stupid. The kid that is stupid was already going to be stupid, tablet or not. Blaming "the tablet" or "the videogame" for the kid's behavior is like blaming pencils for getting bad grades, and simple-minded folks rely on this.
    I've grown up (as have many of you) seeing others growing up, and have seen a couple generations of kids grow up after me as well.
    All traits are on a normal distribution. The kids that are smart will learn all day long with an iPad, and will find videos of kids making songs about addition and multiplication. The dumb kids will spend all day 6-7-ing.
    Since traits lie on a normal distribution, the majority of people have the muppety idea that "it's the tablet that is bad - can't be my kid" while having passed muppet traits along.

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