Devices evolve although not always for the better. New things are tried—often they’re accepted and sometimes they’re not even if the idea has some fans. For example the MacBook Pro 13 TouchBar—it’s going away because most people don’t like it. Once the current MacBook Pro 13 design is discontinued then the TouchBar will be extinct.
I, for one, don’t think the Apple Pencil 1 issue on the 10th Gen iPad is a big deal simply because the vast majority of people who buy an iPad don’t bother with a stylus of any kind. Those who do want an Apple Pencil are usually using an iPad Pro or maybe the Air which both use Apple Pencil 2. So the Pencil 1 option is there for those who really want it, but there will be few takers. Those wanting a stylus for the regular iPad will usually buy a low cost regular stylus over an Apple Pencil.
The loss of the home button might put some people off, but the mainstream iPad was possibly the last tablet on the market with it, so while a lot of mainstream consumers are fond of it losing it shouldn’t be a deal breaker, particularly if those buyers have a more current smartphone which haven’t had a physical home button for years. That said there is something to be said for physical controls and in some applications they are definitely superior to touchscreen controls. Don’t get me started on digital display dashboards in cars—truly one of the stupidest, and ugliest, things ever conceived.
The loss of the headphone jack also shouldn’t be a deal breaker for many because smartphones have already paved the way for this. But again a hard connection can still have its place because you don’t have to think about pairing your device and charging it up—you just use it. You’re also forcing people to buy an audio jack adapter or a new pair of headphones.
The evolutionary changes to the mainstream iPad are certainly debatable, but none of them are surprising. The sole real issue with the 10th Gen iPad is price. It’s far, far too steep an increase for what the 10th Gen actually is, a parts bin device. It’s essentially a slightly detuned iPad Air, just as the Air is a detuned iPad Pro 11. Given those devices have been on the market for some years now there is zero justification for Apple’s price gouging on the 10th Gen. Zero. The only evident reason Apple is doing this is perhaps to help clear out a big back stock of 9th Gen iPads, because traditionally stock of an older device is usually quite low when Apple introduces a newer one. But 9th Gen iPads don’t look to be presently in short supply.
) and I use it frequently as a 2nd screen for my work MacBook Air when I'm out and about. That's a really cool feature and is why I'd still have an ipad even if there was a MacBook AirPad option that allowed you to remove the screen and turn it into an iPad.. Two screens are much better than one.. 
