I really don't understand your point. How is any of this to the detriment of the average user who uses the iPad to browse the net/read ebooks/watch movies/listen to music/as a digital photo frame? The average user doesn't need to use the iPad as a computer. If the problem is pricing, then that indeed is an issue with tablets, but then Apple's products have always been high priced.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3003812
"We're slowly being led into paying incrementally for utility computing on a device we actually paid up front for".
If it's no longer a computer, it's an open market to exploit. We are consumers, not users any more.