An IPad (or any old Laptop) qualifying as means of production in a certain sense is pretty much a prerequisite for the point the article was making. But unless we manage to directly convert bits and bytes and ideas into material goods, the question of who owns the non-informational means of production remains highly relevant. Is sounding like a Marxist supposed to be bad? Marx may not have been right with all his predictions, but as far as analysis of the problems with capitalism goes, I'd say one could do a lot worse than listen to what Marx had to say.
Feel free to list the alleged problems then. If you think he made sense, it should be easy to come up with some good examples.as far as analysis of the problems with capitalism goes, I'd say one could do a lot worse than listen to what Marx had to say