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I think its reasonable to assume a perfectly functioning, yet old, piece of hardware could be repurposed. We have all just grown accustomed to mega corporations' design of planned obsolescence; when maybe we shouldn't be.
True, no one was arguing against repurposing, and I wasn't accusing you of such.
Your comment said the answer was not to purchase an old iPad and use the money to get a cheap modern android tablet. My response was just to point out that not everyone may be aware of the planned obsolescence, and the particularly aggressive stance Apple takes.
Although if the OP found Lemmy I guess there should be some assumption of being knowledgeable about the tech world 😅