Afarstar said:

The EU is a truly shocking organisation. I’m a Brit and happy to be independent from such a far reaching state. They haven’t got a clue how big tech and security works. 

Oh dear.

You’re not independent from the EU’s legislation which is why you have to abide by the EU’s rules when you travel there, why our manufacturing has to comply with it’s legislation if the UK wants to sell there, and so on.

“Hugely longer” - is this how journalism is done today? Yuk.

VictorMortimer said:

No surprise, iPads are just toys anyway, and will only be toys until they get normal software installation.

Mark Twain: 'It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.'

puiz666 said:

Wow, what a rant. When I heard how thin the iPad Pro was, I started to wonder about how easy it was going to be to bend or break it, as I still remember the iPhone 6 “bendgate.” My next thought was, surely some YouTubers would try to bend and break it and report back: they have the budget to do that. And they did. And I’m glad. What exactly is wrong here?

Because it’s an idiotic waste of time. Nobody who has bought an iPad, from their own money, for their personal use will ever subject it to such a deliberate act of vandalism, so what is it trying to prove? What it proves is, that if it’s an iPad Pro, an iPhone, a TV, a games console, a car, a brick wall, a sheet of glass or an egg carton and you apply enough force you will break it.

This is not news to most people with a working brain. Do we need to see “influencers” or whoever these numpties are, throwing heavier and heavier objects at their lounge window to find out the energy required to smash it so that we can then avoid throwing items that heavy at them?

Tech pundits are just nauseous. Wanton destruction for no reason other than clicks.

I’ve just upgraded from my 6 year old 11” iPad Pro to the latest. It’s never had been in a case. I’ve used it at home, kept it in shoulder bags, used it on the train, on London buses and who knows where else. If I gave it a good polish with a glass cloth you might think it had never been used - no screen cracks or chips and no scratches or case damage.

I reckon when you pay for something expensive then you should look after it. Makes sense to me.