They will get the new OS with degraded performance and lacking features.
It is hard explaining to Apple fans, because they don't really see the limits that are imposed to them. To them, it is status quo... If you grew up in a cave and were used to that, you probably wouldn't see anything wrong with it... It would be normal to you.
And with iPad sales dropping dramatically and other tabs increasing substantially, I don't think I am alone in my views. The majority of the folks in this thread, are annoyed. As they are in many others...
I don't see other tabs increasing significantly. The whole market is in a decline but yet the iPad still sells more than others. Again this thread is a fraction of a fraction of consumers. And not everyone is dissatisfied anyway.