[jyl]

I'm not taking about institutional purchases by schools. Yes, ChromeBooks dominate there because they are very cheap. iPads failed because, well, my opinion is because tablets aren't actually very good for student uses.

I'm talking about what parents buy for their kids. Most parents don't buy their kids ChromeBooks for obvious reasons (most parents have never heard of them, don't use ChromeOS themselves, don't assume the kid is constantly in WiFi zones).

Most parents want to buy their kids something like what they, the parents, would use.
A PC or a Mac.

If you were Apple, wouldn't you want kids to start out using macOS instead of Windows or ChromeOS?